See also: wáta and Wāta

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English edit

Etymology edit

From English water.

Noun edit

wata

  1. water

References edit

  • Susan Shepherd, Modals in Antiguan Creole (1981)
  • Karl Martin Loeffler Reisman, "The Isle is Full of Noises": A Study of Creole in the Speech Patterns of Antigua (1964)

Chamicuro edit

Noun edit

wata

  1. year

Gullah edit

Etymology edit

From English water.

Noun edit

wata

  1. water

Hausa edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /wá.tàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wə́.tàː]

Noun edit

watā̀ m (plural wàtànnī, possessed form watàn)

  1. moon
  2. month

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /wá.tá/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wə́.tə́]

Pronoun edit

wata f

  1. feminine of wani

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

wata

  1. Rōmaji transcription of わた

Javanese edit

Romanization edit

wata

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦠ

Krio edit

Etymology edit

From English water.

Noun edit

wata

  1. water

References edit

  • Peace Corps Sierra Leone (1985) Krio Language Manual[1]

Maguindanao edit

Etymology edit

Akin to Maranao bata'.

Noun edit

wata

  1. child

Numbami edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral edit

wata

  1. four

Further reading edit

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Watte, from Dutch watten, from Middle French ouate.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.ta/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: wa‧ta

Noun edit

wata f

  1. cotton wool (raw fibers of cotton)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

nouns

Further reading edit

  • wata in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Quechua edit

Noun edit

wata

  1. year

Declension edit

Derived terms edit