patapata
Cebuano
editPronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧pa‧ta
Noun
editpatapata
- any of several damsels:
- the Philippine damsel (Pomacentrus philippinus)
- the Cape Verde gregory (Stegastes imbricatus)
- the lemon damsel (Pomacentrus moluccensis)
- the sapphire damsel (Pomacentrus pavo)
- the goldback damsel (Pomacentrus nigromanus)
- the Reid's damsel (Pomacentrus reidi)
- the yellow chromis (Chromis analis)
- the Alexander's damsel (Pomacentrus alexanderae)
- the threespot damsel (Pomacentrus tripunctatus)
- the brown damsel (Pomacentrus opisthostigma)
- the Smith's damsel (Pomacentrus smithi)
- the brackish damsel (Pomacentrus taeniometopon)
- the green puller (Chromis cinerascens)
- the brown damsel (Pomacentrus opisthostigma)
- the chocolatedip chromis (Chromis dimidiata)
- the doublebar chromis (Chromis opercularis)
- the cerulean damsel (Pomacentrus caeruleus)
- the Indonesian damsel (Pomacentrus melanochir)
- the blackspot damsel (Pomacentrus stigma)
- the Bleeker's damsel (Chrysiptera bleekeri)
Gun
editAlternative forms
edit- kpátákpátá (Benin)
Etymology
editLikely from Yoruba pátápátá, cognates include Fon kpátákpátá, Krio kpatakpata, Nigerian Pidgin kpatakpata, Basa kpátákpátá, Lukpa kpátákpátá, Akpes kpátákpátá, Olukumi kpátákpátá
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editpátápátá (Nigeria)
Japanese
editRomanization
editpatapata
Nigerian Pidgin
editPronunciation
editAdverb
editpatapata or pátápátá
- Alternative form of kpatakpata (“completely”)
Yoruba
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editReduplication of pátá. Cognates include Basa kpátákpátá, Lukpa kpátákpátá, Akpes kpátákpátá, Olukumi kpátákpátá, Nupe kpáátá.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editpátápátá
- completely
- Wọ́n ti jẹ àkàrà yẹn tán pátápátá ― They finshed the akara completely
Descendants
edit- → Nigerian Pidgin: kpatakpata, patapata
- → Gun: kpátákpátá, pátápátá
- → Fon: kpátákpátá
- → Krio: kpatakpata
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