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peta

  1. inflection of petar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

Back-formation from petar (to knock)

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peta f (plural petas)

  1. pickaxe
    Synonym: picaraña
  2. whim; will
    Synonym: gana
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peta

  1. inflection of petar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay peta, perhaps from Sanskrit भूपट (bhūpaṭa, map) as भू (bhū, earth) +‎ पट (paṭa, garment). Similar construction in Latin mappa mundī (map), compound of mappa (napkin, cloth) + mundus (world).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pəˈta/
  • Rhymes: -ta, -a
  • Hyphenation: pê‧ta

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pêta (plural peta-peta, first-person possessive petaku, second-person possessive petamu, third-person possessive petanya)

  1. (geography) map (a visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features)

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Malay edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Sanskrit भूपट (bhūpaṭa, map) as भू (bhū, earth) +‎ पट (paṭa, garment). Similar construction in Latin mappa mundī (map), compound of mappa (napkin, cloth) + mundus (world).

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peta (Jawi spelling ڤتا, plural peta-peta, informal 1st possessive petaku, 2nd possessive petamu, 3rd possessive petanya)

  1. map

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  • Indonesian: peta

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Etymology edit

Either of Romance origin, cognate to French petit, or from a native word, *feta, *ṡetta.

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peta m

  1. pet (usually of a tame or domesticated animal)

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Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
peta pheta peta
pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Pali edit

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रेत (preta).

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peta m

  1. ghost

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  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “peta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛta
  • Syllabification: pe‧ta

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peta m

  1. genitive singular of pet

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Etymology edit

Unknown.[1][2]

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  • Rhymes: -etɐ
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ta

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peta f (plural petas)

  1. fib

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Romansch edit

Alternative forms edit

  • petta (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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peta f (plural petas)

  1. (Sutsilvan) a cake in the shape of a loaf

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pęta. Cognate with Bulgarian пета (peta), Slovene peta, Russian пята (pjata), Slovak päta. Non-Slavic cognates include Pashto پونده (pūndaʿh, heel) and Old Prussian pentis.

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  • IPA(key): /pěːta/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ta

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péta f (Cyrillic spelling пе́та)

  1. heel

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Further reading edit

  • peta” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *pęta. Cognate with Bulgarian пета (peta), Serbo-Croatian пета/peta, Russian пята (pjata), Slovak päta. Non-Slavic cognates include Pashto پونده (pūndaʿh, heel) and Old Prussian pentis.

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péta f

  1. heel

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. pêta
gen. sing. pête
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
pêta pêti pête
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
pête pêt pêt
dative
(dajȃlnik)
pêti pêtama pêtam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
pêto pêti pête
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
pêti pêtah pêtah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
pêto pêtama pêtami
 
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing. pêta
gen. sing. peté
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
pêta peté peté
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
peté petá petá
dative
(dajȃlnik)
pêti petáma petàm
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
petó peté peté
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
pêti petàh petàh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
petó petáma petámi

Further reading edit

  • peta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • peta”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeta/ [ˈpe.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: pe‧ta

Etymology 1 edit

From Aymara or Quechua.

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peta f (plural petas)

  1. (Bolivia) turtle
    Synonym: tortuga

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peta

  1. inflection of petar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic. Possibly connected with the stem in words like pitt, påta, putta, pilla, and peka.

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  • (file)

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peta (present petar, preterite petade, supine petat, imperative peta)

  1. (often with or i) to poke, to pick ((lightly) touch or fiddle, prod or jam)
    peta näsan / peta i näsan / peta sig i näsan
    pick one's nose
    Han petade på det lilla djuret med pekfingret
    He poked the little animal with his index finger
    Margit var kräsmagad och petade alltid bort oliverna ur salladen
    Margit was a picky eater and always picked ("poked") the olives out of the salad
    1. (chiefly with i) to poke (to promote burning)
  2. (often sports, colloquial) to remove, drop, to cut (remove, often from a team or the like, but also more general)
    Hon blev petad ur laget
    She was dropped from the team ("poked out of the team")
    Det var Nisses låt som till slut petade bort The Beatles från förstaplatsen på listorna
    It was Nisse's song that finally knocked The Beatles off the top of the charts ("poked away The Beatles")

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