English

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  • IPA(key): /seɪt/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Etymology 1

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Alteration (after words such as satiate and satisfy) of earlier sade (to weary, satiate, satisfy), from Middle English saden (to weary, satisfy, become wearied or satiated), from Old English sadian (to satisfy, satiate, fill, be sated, become wearied), from Proto-West Germanic *sadōn (to satiate, become satisfied), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (sated), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (to satiate, be satisfied). Cognate with Middle Low German saden, Middle High German saten (to saturate, satisfy, satiate), Icelandic seðja (to satisfy). Doublet of sad.

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sate (third-person singular simple present sates, present participle sating, simple past and past participle sated)

  1. To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
    Synonyms: satiate, fill up
    At last he stopped, his hunger and thirst sated.
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Used interchangeably with, though less common than, satiate.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Monthly Gleanings: November 2011: Sate versus satiated.”, OUPblog

Etymology 2

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From Middle English sate, satte, from Old English sæt, first and third person singular preterite of sittan (to sit).

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sate

  1. (dated, poetic) simple past and past participle of sit

Etymology 3

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From Malay sate (satay).

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sate

  1. satay

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay sate (satay).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsate]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧té

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sate (first-person possessive sateku, second-person possessive satemu, third-person possessive satenya)

  1. (colloquial) satay (dish)

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Japanese

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Romanization

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sate

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さて
  2. Rōmaji transcription of サテ

Khumi Chin

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ca, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *zə. Cognates include Chinese () (and probably Chinese (zuò)) and Mru caŋ.

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sate

  1. (transitive) to do
  2. (transitive) to make
  3. (transitive) to build
  4. (transitive) to plant
  5. (transitive) to serve
  6. (transitive) to prepare, arrange
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Etymology 2

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sate

  1. (transitive) to lengthen

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  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[1], Payap University, pages 88-89

Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Javanese saté, from Tamil சதை (catai, flesh).

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sate (Jawi spelling ساتي, plural sate-sate, informal 1st possessive sateku, 2nd possessive satemu, 3rd possessive satenya)

  1. satay (dish)

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North Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *sitjaną.

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sate

  1. (Mooring) to sit

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From satan.

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sate c

  1. (colloquial) someone pitiable (arousing (contemptous) pity)
    stackars lilla sate
    poor little bastard
  2. (colloquial) a bastard (disagreeable or tricky person)
    Nån rik sate tänker köpa allt och köra ut oss
    Some rich bastard is planning to buy everything and run us out
    en slug sate
    a sly bastard

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Declension of sate 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sate saten satar satarna
Genitive sates satens satars satarnas

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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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satè (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜆᜒ)

  1. cord; strong string (used in spinning tops, etc.)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Malay sate, from Tamil சதை (catai, flesh).

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sate (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜆᜒ)

  1. Alternative form of satay

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