Wiktionary

kata

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kata"

EnglishEdit

 
A woman performing a kata

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkætə/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ætə

Etymology 1Edit

From Japanese 型 (literally “pattern, model”). In English use since the 1950s.

NounEdit

kata (plural katas or kata)

  1. (martial arts) Any of a sequence of positions and movements used in many martial arts.
    judo kata
    • 1979, Masatoshi Nakayama, Best Karate: Heian, Tekki, page 12,
      About fifty kata, or "formal exercises," are practiced at the present time, some having been passed down from generation to generation, others having been developed fairly recently.
    • 2006, Kelley MacAulay, Bobbie Kalman, Karate in Action, page 22,
      Katas are a series of motions, such as punches, strikes, and kicks, arranged in a specific pattern. The pattern allows the motions to flow into one another. A student must learn a new kata to advance to each new belt level.
    • 2009, Thomas W. Hanlon, The Sports Rules Book, Human Kinetics, page 161,
      When the competitor's name is called, she stands on the designated line, bows to the panel of judges, and announces the name of the kata she will perform. […] She then performs the kata. When she is finished, her opponent performs her kata. At the end of the second kata, both return to the mat area to await the decision of the judging panel.
    • 2010, Kenji Tokitsu, The Katas: The Meaning Behind the Movements.
  2. (by extension, programming) Ellipsis of code kata., a short programming exercise to improve one's skills through practice and repetition.
    • 2020, Andrew Stellman; Jennifer Greene, Head First C#‎[1], O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 728:
      These kata will give you the C# syntax for inheritance.

Etymology 2Edit

Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “downwards”). Compare cata-.

NounEdit

kata (plural katas)

  1. Ellipsis of kata thermometer..
  2. (in combination) A drop (in temperature).
    kata factor

AdverbEdit

kata (comparative more kata, superlative most kata)

  1. In a direction analogous to down, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
    Antonym: ana
    • 1985, Rudy von Bitter Rucker, The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes (page 43)
      Your right half would move ana, let us say, and your left half would move kata. The two halves would, in their parallel spaces, move past the plane of rotation, and then they would swing back into our space.
    • 2005, Animation journal (volumes 13-15)
      Added to the conventional FPS control keys are two extra keys that move the player in ana and kata direction in 4d space. If you go in this extra direction the space around you changes, the room transforms.

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

kata (plural katas)

  1. Alternative form of gata (“type of Armenian pastry”)

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

ChickasawEdit

PronounEdit

kata

  1. (interrogative) who
  2. (interrogative) whose

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

kata

  1. genitive/accusative singular of kat

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

kato (“cat”) +‎ -a (“adjective”)

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

kata (accusative singular katan, plural kataj, accusative plural katajn)

  1. feline

FinnishEdit

VerbEdit

kata

  1. inflection of kattaa:
    1. indicative present connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative present/present connegative

AnagramsEdit

GaroEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

VerbEdit

kata

  1. to run

Etymology 2Edit

Probably from Assamese কথা (kotha)

NounEdit

kata

  1. word

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Malay kata, from Pali kathā, from Sanskrit कथा (kathā, “speech; story”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkata]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ta
  • Rhymes: -ta, -a

NounEdit

kata (plural kata-kata, first-person possessive kataku, second-person possessive katamu, third-person possessive katanya)

  1. (linguistics) word: the smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language.
  2. speech: vocal communication.
    Synonyms: bicara, ujar

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

kata

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かた

MalayEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Sanskrit कथा (kathā).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

kata (Jawi spelling کات‎, plural kata-kata, informal 1st possessive kataku, 2nd possessive katamu, 3rd possessive katanya)

  1. word

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

PaliEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Alternative forms

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit कृत (kṛta, “done”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥tás. Compare Hindi किया (kiyā), Middle Persian 𐭪𐭫𐭲‎ (klt /-kirt/).

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

kata

  1. past participle of karoti; done

DeclensionEdit

Declension table of "kata" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)katokatā
Accusative (second)kataṃkate
Instrumental (third)katenakatehi or katebhi
Dative (fourth)katassa or katāya or katatthaṃkatānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)katasmā or katamhā or katākatehi or katebhi
Genitive (sixth)katassakatānaṃ
Locative (seventh)katasmiṃ or katamhi or katekatesu
Vocative (calling)katakatā
Declension table of "katā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)katākatāyo or katā
Accusative (second)kataṃkatāyo or katā
Instrumental (third)katāyakatāhi or katābhi
Dative (fourth)katāyakatānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)katāyakatāhi or katābhi
Genitive (sixth)katāyakatānaṃ
Locative (seventh)katāya or katāyaṃkatāsu
Vocative (calling)katekatāyo or katā
Declension table of "kata" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kataṃkatāni
Accusative (second)kataṃkatāni
Instrumental (third)katenakatehi or katebhi
Dative (fourth)katassa or katāya or katatthaṃkatānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)katasmā or katamhā or katākatehi or katebhi
Genitive (sixth)katassakatānaṃ
Locative (seventh)katasmiṃ or katamhi or katekatesu
Vocative (calling)katakatāni

Derived termsEdit

PitjantjatjaraEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

kata

  1. (anatomy) head
  2. mind
  3. (of a car) bonnet, hood
  4. (of a lorry) cab

Derived termsEdit

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Arabic قَات‎ (qāt).

NounEdit

kata f

  1. (rare) khat (plant)
    Synonym: czuwaliczka
DeclensionEdit
Declension of kata
singular plural
nominative kata katy
genitive katy kat
dative kacie katom
accusative katę katy
instrumental katą katami
locative kacie katach
vocative kato katy

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Japanese 型.

NounEdit

kata f (indeclinable)

  1. (martial arts) kata

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

kata m pers or m anim

  1. genitive/accusative singular of kat

Further readingEdit

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

Rapa NuiEdit

VerbEdit

kata

  1. laugh

SlovakEdit

NounEdit

kata

  1. genitive/accusative singular of kat

SwahiliEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

-kata (infinitive kukata)

  1. to cut (to break or sever, including in a metaphorical sense)
  2. (of tickets) to buy
  3. to bring to an end

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of -kata
Positive present -nakata
Subjunctive -kate
Negative -kati
Imperative singular kata
Infinitives
Positive kukata
Negative kutokata
Imperatives
Singular kata
Plural kateni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukata
Positive past positive subject concord + -likata
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukata
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakata)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakata/nakata tunakata
2nd person unakata mnakata
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakata wanakata
other classes positive subject concord + -nakata
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kati)
Singular Plural
1st person sikati hatukati
2nd person hukati hamkati
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakati hawakati
other classes negative subject concord + -kati
Positive future positive subject concord + -takata
Negative future negative subject concord + -takata
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kate)
Singular Plural
1st person nikate tukate
2nd person ukate mkate
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akate wakate
other classes positive subject concord + -kate
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikate
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekata
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekata
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikata
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikata
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akata)
Singular Plural
1st person nakata twakata
2nd person wakata mwakata
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akata wakata
m-mi(III/IV) wakata yakata
ji-ma(V/VI) lakata yakata
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakata vyakata
n(IX/X) yakata zakata
u(XI) wakata see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakata
pa(XVI) pakata
mu(XVIII) mwakata
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekata
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakata
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakata
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikata
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokata
Consecutive kakata / positive subject concord + -kakata
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakate
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikata -tukata
2nd person -kukata -wakata/-kukateni/-wakateni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkata -wakata
m-mi(III/IV) -ukata -ikata
ji-ma(V/VI) -likata -yakata
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikata -vikata
n(IX/X) -ikata -zikata
u(XI) -ukata see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukata
pa(XVI) -pakata
mu(XVIII) -mukata
Reflexive -jikata
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kata- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kataye -katao
m-mi(III/IV) -katao -katayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -katalo -katayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -katacho -katavyo
n(IX/X) -katayo -katazo
u(XI) -katao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -katako
pa(XVI) -katapo
mu(XVIII) -katamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kata)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekata -okata
m-mi(III/IV) -okata -yokata
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokata -yokata
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokata -vyokata
n(IX/X) -yokata -zokata
u(XI) -okata see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokata
pa(XVI) -pokata
mu(XVIII) -mokata
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

kata (n class, plural kata)

  1. (Kenya) An administrative region in Kenya, below counties and subcounties, and further divided into sublocations.

Derived termsEdit

TagalogEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ka‧ta
  • IPA(key): /kaˈtaʔ/, [kɐˈtaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ

NounEdit

katâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ)

  1. Alternative form of katha

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ka‧ta
  • IPA(key): /kaˈtaʔ/, [kɐˈtaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ

NounEdit

katâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ)

  1. start of bubbling of rice being boiled

Etymology 3Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ka‧ta
  • IPA(key): /kaˈta/, [kɐˈta]
  • Rhymes: -a

PronounEdit

katá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) we (inclusive of the person spoken to)
See alsoEdit
Tagalog personal pronouns
Person Number Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa)
First singular ako ko akin
dual* kita, kata nita, nata, ta kanita, kanata, ata
plural inclusive tayo natin atin
plural exclusive kami namin amin
First & Second singular kita**
Second singular ikaw, ka mo iyo
plural kayo, kamo ninyo, niyo inyo
Third singular siya niya kaniya
plural sila nila kanila
* First person dual pronouns are not commonly used.
** Replaces "ko ikaw".

InterjectionEdit

katá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ)

  1. (dialectal, southern Tagalog) let's go! (invitation of doing something together)
    Synonyms: katang, tara, tarang, tayo, tayong

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

TonganEdit

VerbEdit

kata

  1. to laugh

VolapükEdit

NounEdit

kata

  1. genitive singular of kat

Western Highland ChatinoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Chatino *kesa (“tobacco”), from Proto-Zapotecan *keʔsa.

NounEdit

kata⁴

  1. cigar, cigarette

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Yosondúa MixtecEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Mixtec *kátá.

VerbEdit

kata

  1. (transitive) sing

Etymology 2Edit

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

VerbEdit

kata

  1. (intransitive) have an itch

ReferencesEdit

  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎[3] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 27
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