Probably hypocoristic, circa 1823.
tata
Alternative form ofta ta Probably ultimately from baby-talk and related toteat ,tit . Possibly borrowed throughFrench tette , ofGermanic origin, and/orOld English titt . Compare Dutchtiet and GermanZitze .
tata (plural tatas )
( slang ) Alternative form ofta-ta ( “ breast ” ) tata
paternal aunt Greenhill, Simon (2017). "Language: Aeka ". TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
tata
pig Andy Minch.Amanab grammar essentials. 1992. IPA (key ) : /taˈta/ [taˈta] Hyphenation:ta‧ta tatá (Basahan spelling ᜆᜆ )
( dated ) door Synonyms: puwerta ,pinto Comparetatay .
Hyphenation:ta‧ta IPA (key ) : /ˈtata/ [ˈt̪a.t̪ɐ] Rhymes:-a tata
a familiar address to one'sfather Reduplication ofta , from initial clipping ofbata .
Hyphenation:ta‧ta IPA (key ) : /taˈta/ [t̪ɐˈt̪a] Rhymes:-a tata
( childish ) a familiar address to achild Comparetastas
Hyphenation:ta‧ta IPA (key ) : /ˈtataʔ/ [ˈt̪a.t̪ɐʔ] Rhymes:-a tata
towear out Central Huasteca Nahuatl [ edit ] tata
father .tata
father Inherited fromSpanish tata ( “ daddy ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /ˈtata/ ,[ˈt̪a.t̪a] Hyphenation:ta‧ta tata
father Perhaps imitative, though comparetahtli ( “ father ” ) andSpanish taita ( “ dad ” ) .
tata (animate )
A child's word for hisfather ;dad ,daddy .Idem , f. 91r. col. 1.Tata . por tayta,padre [dize el niño.]Tata . fromtayta , father, says the child. Alonso de Molina (1571 )Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana , Editorial Porrúa, pages11v, 91r tata
eldersister Expressive variant oftante ( “ aunt ” )
tata f (plural tatas )
( childish ) auntie Les enfants, aujourd’hui on va voirtata ! Kids, today we're going to seeauntie ! tata m (plural tatas )
( chiefly Canada , vulgar ) imbecile ,idiot ,bastard ,wanker ,dickhead tata o (plural tataaji ɗi ) (ka )
( Pular , Pulaar ) tata ( a defensive city wall ) This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with theIPA then please add some!
tata
fire (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
tata (plural taták )
( possibly offensive ) uncle ,old man ,fogey (used to speak of or address old men humorously or disparagingly)( informal , dialectal ) father ,dad tata in Géza Bárczi ,László Országh ,et al. , editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language ] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó , 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN . FromMalay tata , fromJavanese ꦠꦠ ( tata ) , fromOld Javanese tatā ( “ arrangement, ordering; fixed order, rule ” ) , fromPali tathā ( “ in this way ” ) , fromSanskrit तथा ( tathā ,“ in that manner ” ) .Doublet oftiti .
tata (plural tata -tata )
order ,arrangement Synonyms: susunan ,tataan ,tatanan system Synonym: sistem tata (active menata ,passive ditata )
toorganize ,arrange Synonyms: atur ,susun ( figurative , of a relationship) tobuild Synonym: bangun FromLatin tata .
tata f (plural tate )( childish )
governess (or any young woman looking after children)big sister ( regional ) Form of address for an older male, especially:one'sfather ,daddy ,papa anolder brother any man, especially if young, taking care of the child tata
Romanization ofꦠꦠ tata
father FromProto-Italic *tata , fromProto-Indo-European *tata- , ultimatelyonomatopoeic , mimicking baby talk.
Compare the similaratta , and alsoCornish tat ,tas ,Breton tad andBreton tata ,Ancient Greek τατᾶ ( tatâ ) ,τέττα ( tétta ) ,Bulgarian та́тко ( tátko ) ,Sanskrit तात ( tāta ) ,Kamkata-viri tót ,tó ,Tregami tát ,Waigali tati .
tata m (genitive tatae ) ;first declension
dad ,daddy , a term used by children for theirfather First-declension noun.
Eastern Romance: Italo-Dalmatian: Old Occitan:Old Catalan:taita ( “ dad ” ) Catalan:tata ( “ dad, brother ” ) ( dialectal ) Rhaeto-Romance:Romansch:tat ( “ grandfather ” ) ( dialectal ) Gallo-Romance: West Iberian: tata class1 (plural batata class2 )
father man ( phonetic ) IPA (key ) : [tˠɑːdˠɑ] ,( enunciated ) [tˠɑ tˠɑ] ( phonemic ) IPA (key ) : /tˠæɰtˠæɰ/ Bender phonemes:{tahtah} tata
superlative particle ;most FromTamil தாத்தா ( tāttā ) .
tata
grandfather Synonym: granper Fromkaka , fromFrench caca .
tata
( usually childish ) poo ,excrement tata (medial form tata )
( usually childish ) topoo ,defecate Cognate withGuaraní tata .
tata
fire FromItalian tata , fromLatin tata ( “ dad, daddy ” ) , ofonomatopoeic origin.
tata m
father FromLatin tata .
tata
father ,dad FromSpanish tata .
tata
father -tata
tohurry This verb needs aninflection-table template .
IPA (key ) : /ˈta.ta/ Rhymes:-ata Syllabification:ta‧ta Inherited fromProto-Slavic *tata .
tata m pers
( informal ) dad Synonyms: tato ,ojciec See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
tata m pers
genitive / accusative singular oftato tata inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANtata in Polish dictionaries at PWNBorrowed fromSpanish tata ( “ dad, daddy ” ) .
tata
father Synonyms: yaya ,tayta Coordinate term: mama ( “ mother ” ) sir ,mister Synonym: tayta Coordinate term: mama ( “ madam, lady ” ) lord , and by extensionGod Synonym: ( arcaic ) yaya The use oftata overtayta is chiefly South Bolivian.
CompareTagalog tatay .
tata
father tata
togather Tenishev, Edhem (1976 ) “tata ”, inStroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar ], Moscow, page46 Inherited fromProto-Slavic *tata .
IPA (key ) : /tâta/ Hyphenation:ta‧ta tȁta m (Cyrillic spelling та̏та )
dad ,daddy Synonyms: babo ,ćaća ,ćale ,tajo ,Synonym: tatek “tata ”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal ] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025 See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
tata (Cyrillic spelling тата )
genitive / accusative singular oftat FromSerbo-Croatian tata .
tata m
dad ,father 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 IPA (key ) : /ˈtata/ [ˈt̪a.t̪a] Rhymes:-ata Syllabification:ta‧ta Borrowed fromLatin tata . Comparetaita .
tata m (plural tatas )
( colloquial , Latin America , Philippines ) daddy ;dad , a term used by children for their father( colloquial ) nanny Synonyms: niñera ,criada ( colloquial , Chile ) grandfather , a term used by children for their grandfatherSynonym: abuelo Feminine form oftato .
tata f (plural tatas ,masculine tato ,masculine plural tatos )
( colloquial ) big sister Fromteta .
tata f (plural tatas )
( colloquial , vulgar , chiefly in the plural) breasts FromProto-Bantu *-tat- ( “ to entangle, be entangled ” ) .
-tata (infinitive kutata )
totangle Conjugation of-tata Positive present -na tata Subjunctive -tate Negative -tati Imperative singular tata
Infinitives Imperatives Tensed forms Habitual hutata Positive past positive subject concord + -li tataNegative past negative subject concord + -ku tata
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na tata) Singular Plural 1st person ni natata/na tatatu natata2nd person u natatam natata3rd person m-wa(I/II) a natatawa natataother classes positive subject concord + -na tata
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tati ) Singular Plural 1st person si tatihatu tati2nd person hu tatiham tati3rd person m-wa(I/II) ha tatihawa tatiother classes negative subject concord + -tati
Positive future positive subject concord + -ta tataNegative future negative subject concord + -ta tata
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tate ) Singular Plural 1st person ni tatetu tate2nd person u tatem tate3rd person m-wa(I/II) a tatewa tateother classes positive subject concord + -tate
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -si tatePositive present conditional positive subject concord + -nge tataNegative present conditional positive subject concord + -singe tataPositive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngali tataNegative past conditional positive subject concord + -singali tata
Perfect positive subject concord + -me tata"Already" positive subject concord + -mesha tata"Not yet" negative subject concord + -ja tata"If/When" positive subject concord + -ki tata"If not" positive subject concord + -sipo tataConsecutive katata /positive subject concord + -ka tataConsecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -ka tate
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. SeeAppendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
tata
plural ofutata Possibly borrowed fromPhilippine Spanish tata ( “ daddy ” ) , comparetatay .
tata (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆ )
( archaic ) term of address used for one'sfather Synonyms: tatay ,tatang ,itay ,tay ,ama ,amang ,papa ( archaic ) respectful term of address used for anolder man Synonyms: manong ,mang ,mama ( dialectal ) term of address used for anuncle Synonyms: tiyo ,tito tatà or tatâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆ )
small ,thin cut made on theedge of something toindicate amark orsign ( as in measuring or counting ) Synonyms: gatgat ,gatla ,tiyab ,gatlang cut used as afoothold inclimbing ( made on the trunk of a tree, on a steep rock, etc. ) Synonyms: bakat ,uka ,kutab ( obsolete ) act ofsplitting bymarking ( as when one splits the husk to make a coconut a drinking vessel ) ( obsolete ) tree with severalcut marks tatá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆ )
( obsolete ) shriek of amouse tatâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆ )
( obsolete ) name of the Baybayin letterᜆ , corresponding to "ta" “tata ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613 ) Juan de Silva, editor,Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero [1] , La Noble Villa de Pila page 156: “Chillar) Tata (pc) el raton” page 564: “T) Tata (pc) letra que vſa el [Tagalo en] ſu. A.b.c .|. tata yaon .|.ᜆ . gumava ca dito nang tata ſa iniong ſulat, haz aqui vna .t. de bueſtra eſcritura, ſaſa yari indi tata. s. es eſta [que no] t.” (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
tata f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵜⴰ ,plural tatiwin )
chameleon May be the same as the second etymology.Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
tata
asplint May be the same as the first etymology.
tata (Jawi تاتة )
a kind ofcylindrical basket generally made ofbamboo strips, historically used to transportfruit andbetel nut 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 tata
tobite FromProto-Austronesian *əsa .
tata
one IPA (key ) : [ˈta.ta] Hyphenation:ta‧ta FromProto-Polynesian *te-qa-ta .
tata
( alienable, definite ) my tata is commonly used in place oftaku to arouse the listener’s sympathy about some predicament that one is in.FromProto-Polynesian *tata . Cognates includeTuvaluan tata andSamoan tata .
tata
A kind offish trap , consisting of a wooden frame that can be closed by pulling a rope. R. Simona, editor (1986 ),Tokelau Dictionary [2] , Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page375 Akin toIbanag tadday .
tatá
one Tata Of ideophonic origin
tata
grasshopper Synonyms: aláǹpara ,ẹlẹ́ǹgà ,edólo ,kòkòrò