Wiktionary

tata

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tata"

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Probably hypocoristic, circa 1823.

InterjectionEdit

tata

  1. Alternative form of ta ta

Etymology 2Edit

Probably ultimately from baby-talk and related to teat, tit. Possibly borrowed through French tette, of Germanic origin, and/or Old English titt. Compare Dutch tiet and German Zitze.

NounEdit

tata (plural tatas)

  1. (slang) Alternative form of ta-ta (“breast”)

AnagramsEdit

AekaEdit

NounEdit

tata

  1. paternal aunt

ReferencesEdit

Greenhill, Simon (2017). "Language: Aeka". TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea. Retrieved July 7, 2017.

AmanabEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tata

  1. pig

ReferencesEdit

  • Andy Minch. Amanab grammar essentials. 1992.

Bikol CentralEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ta‧ta
  • IPA(key): /taˈta/

NounEdit

tatá

  1. (uncommon) door
    Synonyms: puwerta, pinto

Derived termsEdit

CebuanoEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Compare tatay.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ta‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈtata/, [ˈt̪a.t̪ʌ]
  • Rhymes: -a

NounEdit

tata

  1. a familiar address to one's father

Etymology 2Edit

Reduplication of ta, from initial clipping of bata.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ta‧ta
  • IPA(key): /taˈta/, [t̪ʌˈt̪a]
  • Rhymes: -a

NounEdit

tata

  1. (childish) a familiar address to a child

Etymology 3Edit

Compare tastas

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ta‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔtataʔ/, [ˈʔt̪ʌ.t̪ʌʔ]
  • Rhymes: -a

VerbEdit

tata

  1. to wear out

Central Huasteca NahuatlEdit

NounEdit

tata

  1. father.

Central TarahumaraEdit

NounEdit

tata

  1. father

ChavacanoEdit

NounEdit

tata

  1. father

Classical NahuatlEdit

EtymologyEdit

Perhaps imitative, though compare tahtli (“father”) and Spanish taita (“dad”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tata (animate)

  1. A child's word for his father; dad, daddy.

SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 11v, 91r

Crimean TatarEdit

NounEdit

tata

  1. elder sister

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Expressive variant of tante (“aunt”)

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ta.ta/
  • Audio(file)

NounEdit

tata f (plural tatas)

  1. (childish) auntie
    Les enfants, aujourd'hui on va voir tata !
    Kids, today we're going to see auntie!

NounEdit

tata m (plural tatas)

  1. (chiefly Canada, vulgar) imbecile, idiot, bastard, wanker, dickhead

Further readingEdit

GuaraníEdit

NounEdit

tata

  1. fire

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒtɒ]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ta
  • Rhymes: -tɒ

NounEdit

tata (plural taták)

  1. (possibly offensive) uncle, old man, fogey (used to speak of or address old men humorously or disparagingly)
  2. (informal, dialectal) father, dad

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative tata taták
accusative tatát tatákat
dative tatának tatáknak
instrumental tatával tatákkal
causal-final tatáért tatákért
translative tatává tatákká
terminative tatáig tatákig
essive-formal tataként tatákként
essive-modal — —
inessive tatában tatákban
superessive tatán tatákon
adessive tatánál tatáknál
illative tatába tatákba
sublative tatára tatákra
allative tatához tatákhoz
elative tatából tatákból
delative tatáról tatákról
ablative tatától tatáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		tatáé tatáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		tatáéi tatákéi
Possessive forms of tata
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tatám tatáim
2nd person sing. tatád tatáid
3rd person sing. tatája tatái
1st person plural tatánk tatáink
2nd person plural tatátok tatáitok
3rd person plural tatájuk tatáik

Further readingEdit

  • tata in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Malay tata, from Javanese tata, from Pali tathā (“in this way”), from Sanskrit तथा (tathā, “in that manner”). Doublet of titi.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈta.ta]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ta

NounEdit

tata (first-person possessive tataku, second-person possessive tatamu, third-person possessive tatanya)

  1. order
  2. arrangement
  3. system

Derived termsEdit

CompoundsEdit

Further readingEdit

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tata.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Hyphenation: tà‧ta

NounEdit

tata f (plural tate)

  1. governess (or any young woman looking after children)
  2. big sister

AnagramsEdit

JavaneseEdit

VerbEdit

tata

  1. (to put) in an orderly arrangement.

Derived termsEdit

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Italic *tata, from Proto-Indo-European *tata-, ultimately onomatopoeic, mimicking baby talk.

Compare the similar atta, and also Cornish tat, tas, Breton tad, Ancient Greek τατᾶ (tatâ), τέττα (tétta), Bulgarian та́тко (tátko), Sanskrit तात (tāta).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tata m (genitive tatae); first declension

  1. dad, daddy, a term used by children for their father

DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tata tatae
Genitive tatae tatārum
Dative tatae tatīs
Accusative tatam tatās
Ablative tatā tatīs
Vocative tata tatae

DescendantsEdit

  • Eastern Romance:
    • Aromanian: tatã, tati
    • Megleno-Romanian: tată
    • Romanian: tată (“father, dad”)
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Old Occitan:
    • Old Catalan: taita (“dad”)
      • Catalan: tata (“dad, brother”) (dialectal)
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Romansch: tat (“grandfather”) (dialectal)
  • West Iberian:

ReferencesEdit

LingalaEdit

NounEdit

tata class 1 (plural batata class 2)

  1. father
  2. man

MarshalleseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [tˠɑːdˠɑ], (enunciated) [tˠɑ tˠɑ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /tˠæɰtˠæɰ/
  • Bender phonemes: {tahtah}

DeterminerEdit

tata

  1. superlative particle; most

ReferencesEdit

Mauritian CreoleEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Tamil தாத்தா (tāttā).

NounEdit

tata

  1. grandfather
    Synonym: granper

Etymology 2Edit

From kaka, from French caca.

NounEdit

tata

  1. (usually childish) poo, excrement

VerbEdit

tata (medial form tata)

  1. (usually childish) to poo, defecate

Mbyá GuaraníEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with Guaraní tata.

NounEdit

tata

  1. fire

MòchenoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian tata, from Latin tata (“dad, daddy”), of onomatopoeic origin.

NounEdit

tata m

  1. father

ReferencesEdit

NeapolitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tata.

NounEdit

tata

  1. father, dad

SynonymsEdit

PapiamentuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish tata.

NounEdit

tata

  1. father

PhuthiEdit

VerbEdit

-tata

  1. to hurry

InflectionEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tata.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tata m pers

  1. (informal) dad
    Synonyms: tato, ojciec

DeclensionEdit

Declension of tata
singular plural
nominative tata tatowie
genitive taty tatów
dative tacie tatom
accusative tatę tatów
instrumental tatą tatami
locative tacie tatach
vocative tato tatowie

Derived termsEdit

noun

Further readingEdit

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

QuechuaEdit

NounEdit

tata

  1. mister
  2. father

Derived termsEdit

RagaEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare Tagalog tatay.

NounEdit

tata

  1. father

SalarEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

tata

  1. to gather

ReferencesEdit

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “tata”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 46

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Slavic *tata.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /tâta/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ta

NounEdit

tȁta m (Cyrillic spelling та̏та)

  1. dad, daddy
DeclensionEdit
Declension of tata
singular plural
nominative tȁta tate
genitive tate tȃtā
dative tati tatama
accusative tatu tate
vocative tȁta tate
locative tati tatama
instrumental tatom tatama
SynonymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

tata (Cyrillic spelling тата)

  1. genitive/accusative singular of tat

SlavomolisanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Serbo-Croatian tata.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tata m

  1. dad, father

DeclensionEdit

    declension of tata (series-1b masc a-stem)
singular plural
nominative tata
 tata
genitive tata
 tati
dative tatu
 tatami, tati
accusative tata
 tata
locative tatu
 tata
instrumental tatom, tatam
 tatami, tati

ReferencesEdit

  • Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale)., pp. 394

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtata/ [ˈt̪a.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: ta‧ta

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Latin tata. Compare taita.

NounEdit

tata m (plural tatas)

  1. (colloquial, Latin America, Philippines) daddy; dad, a term used by children for their father
  2. (colloquial) nanny
    Synonyms: niñera, criada
  3. (colloquial, Chile) grandfather, a term used by children for their grandfather
    Synonym: abuelo
Coordinate termsEdit
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Feminine form of tato.

NounEdit

tata f (plural tatas, masculine tato, masculine plural tatos)

  1. (colloquial) big sister

Etymology 3Edit

From teta.

NounEdit

tata f (plural tatas)

  1. (colloquial, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) breasts

Further readingEdit

SwahiliEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-tat- (“to entangle, be entangled”).

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

-tata (infinitive kutata)

  1. to tangle

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of -tata
Positive present -natata
Subjunctive -tate
Negative -tati
Imperative singular tata
Infinitives
Positive kutata
Negative kutotata
Imperatives
Singular tata
Plural tateni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutata
Positive past positive subject concord + -litata
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutata
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natata)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatata/natata tunatata
2nd person unatata mnatata
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatata wanatata
other classes positive subject concord + -natata
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tati)
Singular Plural
1st person sitati hatutati
2nd person hutati hamtati
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatati hawatati
other classes negative subject concord + -tati
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatata
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatata
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tate)
Singular Plural
1st person nitate tutate
2nd person utate mtate
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atate watate
other classes positive subject concord + -tate
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitate
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetata
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetata
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitata
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitata
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atata)
Singular Plural
1st person natata twatata
2nd person watata mwatata
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atata watata
m-mi(III/IV) watata yatata
ji-ma(V/VI) latata yatata
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatata vyatata
n(IX/X) yatata zatata
u(XI) watata see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatata
pa(XVI) patata
mu(XVIII) mwatata
Perfect positive subject concord + -metata
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatata
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatata
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitata
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotata
Consecutive katata / positive subject concord + -katata
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katate
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitata -tutata
2nd person -kutata -watata/-kutateni/-watateni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtata -watata
m-mi(III/IV) -utata -itata
ji-ma(V/VI) -litata -yatata
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitata -vitata
n(IX/X) -itata -zitata
u(XI) -utata see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutata
pa(XVI) -patata
mu(XVIII) -mutata
Reflexive -jitata
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tata- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tataye -tatao
m-mi(III/IV) -tatao -tatayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tatalo -tatayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tatacho -tatavyo
n(IX/X) -tatayo -tatazo
u(XI) -tatao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tatako
pa(XVI) -tatapo
mu(XVIII) -tatamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tata)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetata -otata
m-mi(III/IV) -otata -yotata
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotata -yotata
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotata -vyotata
n(IX/X) -yotata -zotata
u(XI) -otata see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotata
pa(XVI) -potata
mu(XVIII) -motata
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

tata

  1. plural of utata

TagalogEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Possibly borrowed from Philippine Spanish tata (“daddy”), compare tatay.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ta‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈtata/, [ˈta.tɐ]

NounEdit

tata

  1. (archaic) term of address used for one's father
    Synonyms: tatay, tatang, itay, tay, ama, amang, papa
  2. (archaic) respectful term of address used for an older man
    Synonyms: manong, mang, mama
  3. (dialectal) term of address used for an uncle
    Synonyms: tiyo, tito
  4. (obsolete) tree with several cut marks
Coordinate termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ta‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈtataʔ/, [ˈta.tɐʔ]
  • IPA(key): /taˈtaʔ/, [tɐˈtaʔ]

NounEdit

tatà or tatâ

  1. small, thin cut made on the edge of something to indicate a mark or sign (as in measuring or counting)
    Synonyms: gatgat, gatla, tiyab, gatlang
  2. cut used as a foothold in climbing (made on the trunk of a tree, on a steep rock, etc.)
    Synonyms: bakat, uka, kutab
  3. (obsolete) act of splitting by marking (as when one splits the husk to make a coconut a drinking vessel)
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ta‧ta
  • IPA(key): /taˈta/, [tɐˈta]

NounEdit

tatá

  1. (obsolete) shriek of a mouse
Derived termsEdit

TernateEdit

Etymology 1Edit

May be the same as the second etymology.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tata

  1. a splint

Etymology 2Edit

May be the same as the first etymology.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tata (Jawi تاتة‎)

  1. a kind of cylindrical basket generally made of bamboo strips, historically used to transport fruit and betel nut

ReferencesEdit

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

TetumEdit

VerbEdit

tata

  1. to bite

ThaoEdit

Thao cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : tata

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

NumeralEdit

tata

  1. one

SynonymsEdit

TokelauanEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.ta/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ta

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Polynesian *te-qa-ta.

DeterminerEdit

tata

  1. (alienable, definite) my
Usage notesEdit
  • tata is commonly used in place of taku to arouse the listener’s sympathy about some predicament that one is in.
See alsoEdit
Tokelauan possessive determiners
Definite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) toku,
tota1		 to māua to mā to mātou oku,
ota1		 o māua o mā o mātou
1st person (incl.) ― to tāua to tā to tātou ― o tāua o tā o tātou
2nd person tō toulua toutou ō oulua outou
3rd person tona to lāua to lā to lātou ona o lāua o lā o lātou
Definite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) taku,
tata1		 ta māua ta mā ta mātou aku,
ata1		 a māua a mā a mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ta tāua ta tā ta tātou ― a tāua a tā a tātou
2nd person tau taulua tautou au aulua autou
3rd person tana ta lāua ta lā ta lātou ana a lāua a lā a lātou
Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) hoku,
hota1		 ho māua ho mā ho mātou ni oku,
ni ota1		 ni o māua ni o mā ni o mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ho tāua ho tā ho tātou ― ni o tāua ni o tā ni o tātou
2nd person hō houlua houtou ni ō ni oulua ni outou
3rd person hona ho lāua ho lā ho lātou ni ona ni o lāua ni o lā ni o lātou
Indefinite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) haku,
hata1		 ha māua ha mā ha mātou ni aku,
ni ata1		 ni a māua ni a mā ni a mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ha tāua ha tā ha tātou ― ni a tāua ni a tā ni a tātou
2nd person hau haulua hautou ni au ni aulua ni autou
3rd person hana ha lāua ha lā ha lātou ni ana ni a lāua ni a lā ni a lātou
1) Sympathetic

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Polynesian *tata. Cognates include Tuvaluan tata and Samoan tata.

NounEdit

tata

  1. A kind of fish trap, consisting of a wooden frame that can be closed by pulling a rope.

ReferencesEdit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 375

YogadEdit

EtymologyEdit

Akin to Ibanag tadday.

NumeralEdit

tatá

  1. one

YorubaEdit

 
Tata

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tata

  1. grasshopper
    Synonyms: aláǹpara, ẹlẹ́ǹgà, edólo, kòkòrò
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