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вата (vata)

  1. (obsolete) father-in-law (wife's father)

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References edit

  • Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “vata”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈvata]
  • (file)

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вата (vataf

  1. cotton wool

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Nanai edit

Etymology edit

Akin to Even ота (ota).

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вата (vata)

  1. wave

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Watte or French ouate.

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ва́та (vátaf inan (genitive ва́ты, nominative plural ва́ты, genitive plural ват, relational adjective ва́тный, diminutive ва́тка)

  1. absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding, batting
    на ва́теna vátewadded, padded
    пальто́ на ва́теpalʹtó na vátewadded coat
  2. (cloth) drugstore cotton
  3. glass wool
  4. (slang, derogatory, collective, politics) Russian nationalists (compare ватник)

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Descendants edit

  • Kildin Sami: ва̄та (vāta)
  • Yakut: баата (baata)

See also edit

References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вата”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Watte, from Dutch watten, from French ouate, of unknown origin.

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ва̏та f (Latin spelling vȁta)

  1. cotton wool

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Noun edit

ва́та (vátaf inan (genitive ва́ти, nominative plural ва́ти, genitive plural ват)

  1. absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding

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