bata

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English batte (“bat”), from Old French batte (“pestle”), from the verb batre (“to beat”), from Latin battuō, perhaps of Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑt̪ˠə/^[1]
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠat̪ˠə/^[2][3]

Noun

bata m (genitive singular bata, nominative plural bataí)

1. stick
2. baton
3. gust (of wind)
4. measure (of drink)

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bata”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bata”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bata”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bata”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Romanization

bata

1. Romanization of ꦧꦠ

Etymology

From Portuguese bata.

Noun

bata

1. uniform
2. apron

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Noun

bata

1. stalk

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian patiri, from Vulgar Latin *patīre, from Latin patī. An early borrowing, as attested by the initial b-; compare biċċa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.ta/
• Homophones: bagħta, bagħatha (except archaically)
• Rhymes: -aːta

Verb

bata (imperfect jbati, verbal noun tbatija)

1. to suffer
   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:

     Wara l-bibien,
     fit-tul tat-toroq twal,
     batejt
     il-għeja
     il-qtigħ ta’ qalb,
     batejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;
     iżda ġarrabt ukoll
     il-ferħ u l-għaxqa
     li kull tallab iħoss
     x’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu
     bil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

bata

1. concrete, cement

Etymology

Borrowed from English father, from Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pˠɑːdˠɑ], (enunciated) [pˠɑ tˠɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pˠæɰtˠæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {bahtah}

Noun

bata

1. a priest

Verb

bata

1. to be a priest

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Etymology

Unknown, probably inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buRtaq (“earth, soil, mud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ta/
• Rhymes: -ta
• Homophones: bata, bhaṭa
• Hyphenation: ba‧ta

Noun

bata

1. brick

   Synonyms: aśmawiṣṭaka, bata, rimbag, iṣṭakā, wiṣṭaka

2. wall

   Synonyms: āwaraṇa, bata, kaṇṭa, kuṭa, lalayan, laleyan, leleyan, pacira, parigi, sarisig, tambak, tambĕṅ, taraṅ, tarib, tawiṅ, tawuṅ, tĕruṅ

Further reading

• "bata" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ba‧ta

Noun

bata m

1. genitive singular of bat

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: ba‧ta

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English batte, from Old French batte. Akin to Irish bata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʰtə/

Noun

bata m (plural bataichean)

1. a staff, a walking stick

Noun

bata (Cyrillic spelling бата)

1. genitive singular of bat

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jípata.

Verb

-bátá (infinitive kubátá)

1. hold, grasp
2. touch

Verb

bata

1. to be cold

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbata/ [ˈba.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ba‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French ouate.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tagalog bata (or from the same word in other Philippine languages, such as Cebuano bata, Hiligaynon bata, etc).

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “bata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈta/

Noun

bata (Sundanese script ᮘᮒ)

1. brick (a hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building, paving, or masonry.)
2. A unit of area equivalent to a square tumbak or five-hundredth of a bahu, roughly 14 square meters

Further reading

• 'BATA', in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij
• Volksalmanak Soenda XII (in Sundanese), Bale Poestaka (Balai Pustaka), 1930, II. Oekoeran Djeung Timbangan

Etymology

From Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ), بَطَّة (baṭṭa).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

bata class V (plural mabata class VI)

1. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq. Also possibly from Sanskrit वत्स (vatsa, “child, offspring”) or Sanskrit बटु (baṭu, “boy, lad, youth”). Compare Tausug bata'.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish bata.

Etymology 3

Possibly from Sanskrit वठ् (vaṭh, “to be able”).

Further reading

• “bata”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “bata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 16

Anagrams

• taba, abat, baat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.ta]

Verb

bata

1. (stative) to be spotted

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Etymology 1

From English butter.

Etymology 2

Unclear; probably from English betel

Adjective

batá

1. wet

Alternative forms

• ibàtà (Ọwọ)

Etymology 1

Cognates include Edo ibata. Possibly related to or from Baatonum bataku or Baatonum bara

Etymology 2