Catalan

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peta

  1. inflection of petar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

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Etymology 1

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Back-formation from petar (to knock)

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Noun

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peta f (plural petas)

  1. pickaxe
    Synonym: picaraña
  2. whim; will
    Synonym: gana
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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peta

  1. inflection of petar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay peta, perhaps from Sanskrit भूपट (bhūpaṭa, map) as भू (bhū, earth) +‎ पट (paṭa, garment). Similar construction in Latin mappa mundī (map), compound of mappa (napkin, cloth) + mundus (world).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pəˈta/
  • Rhymes: -ta, -a
  • Hyphenation: pê‧ta

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pêta (plural peta-peta)

  1. (geography) map (a visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features)

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Malay

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Etymology

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Possibly from Sanskrit भूपट (bhūpaṭa, map) as भू (bhū, earth) +‎ पट (paṭa, garment). Similar construction in Latin mappa mundī (map), compound of mappa (napkin, cloth) + mundus (world).

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peta (Jawi spelling ڤتا, plural peta-peta)

  1. map
    Mari kita mencari itu di peta.
    Let's find it in the map.

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Descendants

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  • > Indonesian: peta (inherited)

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Middle Irish

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Etymology

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Either of Romance origin, cognate to French petit, or from a native word, *feta, *ṡetta.

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peta m

  1. pet (usually of a tame or domesticated animal)

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Mutation

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Mutation of peta
radical lenition nasalization
peta pheta
or unchanged
peta
pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit प्रेत (preta).

Noun

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peta m

  1. ghost

Declension

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References

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  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “peta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛta
  • Syllabification: pe‧ta

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peta m

  1. genitive singular of pet

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unknown.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -etɐ
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ta

Noun

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peta f (plural petas)

  1. fib

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  1. ^ peta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. ^ peta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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peta f (plural petas)

  1. (Sutsilvan) a cake in the shape of a loaf

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pęta. Cognate with Bulgarian пета (peta), Slovene peta, Russian пята (pjata), Slovak päta. Non-Slavic cognates include Pashto پونده (pūndaʿh, heel) and Old Prussian pentis.

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  • IPA(key): /pěːta/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ta

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péta f (Cyrillic spelling пе́та)

  1. heel

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Declension of peta
singular plural
nominative peta pete
genitive pete peta
dative peti petama
accusative petu pete
vocative peto pete
locative peti petama
instrumental petom petama

Further reading

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  • peta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

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Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *pęta. Cognate with Bulgarian пета (peta), Serbo-Croatian пета/peta, Russian пята (pjata), Slovak päta. Non-Slavic cognates include Pashto پونده (pūndaʿh, heel) and Old Prussian pentis.

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Noun

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péta f

  1. heel

Declension

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. pêta
gen. sing. pête
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
pêta pêti pête
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
pête pêt pêt
dative
(dajȃlnik)
pêti pêtama pêtam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
pêto pêti pête
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
pêti pêtah pêtah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
pêto pêtama pêtami
 
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing. pêta
gen. sing. peté
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
pêta peté peté
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
peté petá petá
dative
(dajȃlnik)
pêti petáma petàm
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
petó peté peté
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
pêti petàh petàh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
petó petáma petámi

Further reading

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  • peta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • peta”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpeta/ [ˈpe.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: pe‧ta

Etymology 1

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From Aymara or Quechua.

Noun

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peta f (plural petas)

  1. (Bolivia) turtle
    Synonym: tortuga

Etymology 2

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Verb

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peta

  1. inflection of petar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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  • Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (2023 August 3) “peta”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]

Swahili

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

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-peta (infinitive kupeta)

  1. to fold, bend

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Conjugation of -peta
Positive present -napeta
Subjunctive -pete
Negative -peti
Imperative singular peta
Infinitives
Positive kupeta
Negative kutopeta
Imperatives
Singular peta
Plural peteni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupeta
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipeta
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupeta
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napeta)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapeta/napeta tunapeta
2nd person unapeta mnapeta
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapeta wanapeta
other classes positive subject concord + -napeta
Negative present (negative subject concord + -peti)
Singular Plural
1st person sipeti hatupeti
2nd person hupeti hampeti
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapeti hawapeti
other classes negative subject concord + -peti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapeta
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapeta
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pete)
Singular Plural
1st person nipete tupete
2nd person upete mpete
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apete wapete
other classes positive subject concord + -pete
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipete
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepeta
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepeta
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipeta
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipeta
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apeta)
Singular Plural
1st person napeta twapeta
2nd person wapeta mwapeta
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apeta wapeta
m-mi(III/IV) wapeta yapeta
ji-ma(V/VI) lapeta yapeta
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapeta vyapeta
n(IX/X) yapeta zapeta
u(XI) wapeta see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapeta
pa(XVI) papeta
mu(XVIII) mwapeta
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepeta
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapeta
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japeta
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipeta
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopeta
Consecutive kapeta / positive subject concord + -kapeta
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapete
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipeta -tupeta
2nd person -kupeta -wapeta/-kupeteni/-wapeteni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpeta -wapeta
m-mi(III/IV) -upeta -ipeta
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipeta -yapeta
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipeta -vipeta
n(IX/X) -ipeta -zipeta
u(XI) -upeta see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupeta
pa(XVI) -papeta
mu(XVIII) -mupeta
Reflexive -jipeta
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -peta- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -petaye -petao
m-mi(III/IV) -petao -petayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -petalo -petayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -petacho -petavyo
n(IX/X) -petayo -petazo
u(XI) -petao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -petako
pa(XVI) -petapo
mu(XVIII) -petamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -peta)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepeta -opeta
m-mi(III/IV) -opeta -yopeta
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopeta -yopeta
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopeta -vyopeta
n(IX/X) -yopeta -zopeta
u(XI) -opeta see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopeta
pa(XVI) -popeta
mu(XVIII) -mopeta
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Swedish

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic. Possibly connected with the stem in words like pitt, påta, putta, pilla, and peka.

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Verb

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peta (present petar, preterite petade, supine petat, imperative peta)

  1. (often with or i) to poke, to pick ((lightly) touch or fiddle, prod or jam)
    peta näsan / peta i näsan / peta sig i näsan
    pick one's nose
    Han petade på det lilla djuret med pekfingret
    He poked the little animal with his index finger
    Margit var kräsmagad och petade alltid bort oliverna ur salladen
    Margit was a picky eater and always picked ("poked") the olives out of the salad
    1. (chiefly with i) to poke (to promote burning)
  2. (often sports, colloquial) to remove, drop, to cut (remove, often from a team or the like, but also more general)
    Hon blev petad ur laget
    She was dropped from the team ("poked out of the team")
    Det var Nisses låt som till slut petade bort The Beatles från förstaplatsen på listorna
    It was Nisse's song that finally knocked The Beatles off the top of the charts ("poked away The Beatles")

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Conjugation of peta (weak)
active passive
infinitive peta petas
supine petat petats
imperative peta
imper. plural1 peten
present past present past
indicative petar petade petas petades
ind. plural1 peta petade petas petades
subjunctive2 pete petade petes petades
present participle petande
past participle petad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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