kabata

Cebuano

Etymology

Form ka- +‎ bata. Compare Tagalog kabata.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ba‧ta
• IPA^(key): /kaˈbataʔ/ [kɐˈba.t̪ɐʔ]

Noun

kabatà

1. childhood friend

Latvian

Noun

kabata f (4th declension)

1. pocket

Declension

Declension of kabata (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	kabata	kabatas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	kabatu	kabatas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	kabatas	kabatu
dative (datīvs)	kabatai	kabatām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	kabatu	kabatām
locative (lokatīvs)	kabatā	kabatās
vocative (vokatīvs)	kabata	kabatas

Tagalog

Etymology

From ka- +‎ bata. Compare Cebuano kabata.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈbataʔ/ [kɐˈbaː.t̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ataʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧ba‧ta

Adjective

kabatà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜆ)

1. very young

   Synonyms: musmos, mura, kaybata, napakabata

2. of the same age

   Synonyms: kaedad, kasinggulang

Noun

kabatà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜆ)

1. fellow youth (of the same age)

   sa aking mga kabata ― to my fellow youth

Related terms

• kababata
• kabataan
• pagkabata

 

Further reading

• “kabata” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021