Wiktionary

patapata

Cebuano edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧pa‧ta

Noun edit

patapata

  1. any of several damsels:
    1. the Philippine damsel (Pomacentrus philippinus)
    2. the Cape Verde gregory (Stegastes imbricatus)
    3. the lemon damsel (Pomacentrus moluccensis)
    4. the sapphire damsel (Pomacentrus pavo)
    5. the goldback damsel (Pomacentrus nigromanus)
    6. the Reid's damsel (Pomacentrus reidi)
    7. the yellow chromis (Chromis analis)
    8. the Alexander's damsel (Pomacentrus alexanderae)
    9. the threespot damsel (Pomacentrus tripunctatus)
    10. the brown damsel (Pomacentrus opisthostigma)
    11. the Smith's damsel (Pomacentrus smithi)
    12. the brackish damsel (Pomacentrus taeniometopon)
    13. the green puller (Chromis cinerascens)
    14. the brown damsel (Pomacentrus opisthostigma)
    15. the chocolatedip chromis (Chromis dimidiata)
    16. the doublebar chromis (Chromis opercularis)
    17. the cerulean damsel (Pomacentrus caeruleus)
    18. the Indonesian damsel (Pomacentrus melanochir)
    19. the blackspot damsel (Pomacentrus stigma)
    20. the Bleeker's damsel (Chrysiptera bleekeri)

Gun edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Likely from Yoruba pátápátá, cognates include Fon kpátákpátá, Krio kpatakpata, Nigerian Pidgin kpatakpata, Basa kpátákpátá, Lukpa kpátákpátá, Akpes kpátákpátá, Olukumi kpátákpátá

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /k͡pá.tá.k͡pá.tá/

Adverb edit

pátápátá (Nigeria)

  1. completely

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

patapata

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぱたぱた

Nigerian Pidgin edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /k͡pá.tá.k͡pá.tá/

Adverb edit

patapata or pátápátá

  1. Alternative form of kpatakpata (“completely”)

Yoruba edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Reduplication of pátá. Cognates include Basa kpátákpátá, Lukpa kpátákpátá, Akpes kpátákpátá, Olukumi kpátákpátá, Nupe kpáátá.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /k͡pá.tá.k͡pá.tá/

Adverb edit

pátápátá

  1. completely
    Wọ́n ti jẹ àkàrà yẹn tán pátápátá ― They finshed the akara completely

Descendants edit

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