From the accusativeProto-Albanian*a-ta, compound of proclitic particlea and demonstrativeta, fromProto-Indo-European*tóms, masculine accusative plural of*só m(“that (one)”) (compareLatinistud,Englishthat).

Older and dialectal varieties retain ablativeasish,acish, froma +Proto-Albanian*tsj(a)isu, from*ḱjoisu, locative ofProto-Indo-European*ḱís(“this (one)”) (compareEnglishhe).

• IPA^(key):/aˈta/

ata m pl (accusativeata,dativeatyre,ablativeatyre)

1. they

ata n sg (accusativeata,dativeatij,ablative(a)tij)

1. (archaic)it

ata

1. third-personsingularpresentindicative ofatar
2. second-personsingularimperative ofatar

FromProto-Turkic*ata /*ete.^[1] Cognate withOld Turkic𐱃𐰀(t¹a/⁠ata⁠/).

• IPA^(key):[ɑˈtɑ]

• Audio:

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ata (definite accusativeatanı,pluralatalar)

1. father

   Synonyms:(colloquial)dədə,(informal)papa

   Hyponyms:valideyn(“parent”),ata-ana(“parents”)

   Coordinate term:ana(“mother”)

• “ata” inObastan.com.

• IPA^(key):/ʔaˈta/ [ʔaˈta]
• Hyphenation:a‧ta

atá (Basahan spellingᜀᜆ)

1. ricebran

• IPA^(key):/ˈʔataʔ/ [ˈʔa.taʔ]
• Hyphenation:a‧ta

atà (Basahan spellingᜀᜆ)

1. (Naga)I told youalready!

   Synonym:bata

Borrowed fromTagalogyata.

• IPA^(key):/ˈʔataʔ/ [ˈʔa.taʔ]
• Hyphenation:a‧ta

atà (Basahan spellingᜀᜆ)

1. perhaps

   Synonyms:tibaad,baka,seguro

• Hyphenation:a‧ta
• IPA^(key):/ˈʔataʔ/ [ˈʔa.t̪ɐʔ]

ata

1. squidink

• IPA^(key):/ata/

ata

1. cave

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

FromProto-Turkic*ata /*ete.

ata

1. (obsolete)ancestor

   Synonym:selef

2. (obsolete)father

   Synonyms:baba,babay

3. male

• “ata”, inLuğatçıq (in Russian)

FromProto-Oceanic*pat, fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*pat, fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, fromProto-Austronesian*Səpat.

ata

1. four

• IPA^(key):/ˈata/[ˈa.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes:-ata
• Hyphenation:a‧ta

• até

ata

1. until,till,up to

   Synonym:deica

ata

1. inflection ofatar:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

• IPA^(key):/ˈaːta/
• Rhymes:-aːta

ata (weak verb,third-person singular past indicativeataði,supineatað)

1. to makedirty [withaccusative]

• útata(“to soil”)

Fromá-(“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ta(“to be peppery, to be spicy”), literally“that which is peppery”, cognate withYorubaata(“pepper”)

• IPA^(key):/áta/

áta

1. Alligator pepper

   Synonym:ákpọkọ(“pepper”)

• átalúbú(“bell pepper”)

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key):/àtá/

àtá

1. father

ata

1. see

• Barry Alpher,Connecting Thaypanic, inLand and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

• IPA^(key):/ˈat̪ˠə/

ata

1. pastparticiple ofat

• ataithe

ata m

1. genitivesingular ofat

ata

1. presentsubjunctiveanalytic ofat

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “at”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN

• IPA^(key):/ˈʔata/[ˈʔaː.tʌ]
• Rhymes:-ata
• Syllabification:a‧ta

áta

1. green
2. raw (not mature, not dry, uncooked)

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “áta”, inA Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[2], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“,→OCLC, page41
• Allen, Larry (2021) “áta”, inKankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

FromProto-Turkic*ata.

ata

1. father (in Latin)

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “ata”, inKaraimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva,→ISBN

ata

1. see

• Barry Alpher,Connecting Thaypanic, inLand and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*qaRta(“outsiders, alien people”).

ata

1. person
2. servant

• ata ngade(“fool”)
• ata katuna(“old man”)

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “ata”, inKamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 6
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaRta”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI

atá

1. (anatomy)eye

ata

1. roof

ata

1. (anatomy)eye

ata

1. coconut

atà

1. octopus orsquidink

FromProto-Polynesian*qata (compare withHawaiianaka,Samoanata, andTokelauanata) fromProto-Oceanic*qatar “image, reflection, soul, spirit” fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*qatad (“appearance, mark” – compare withMalaytelantar “astretched”,Ibananta “dandy, decorated”,Tagaloghantad “visible, exposed”,Cebuanoangtad “in line of sight”).^[1][2]

ata

1. form,shape,image
2. reflection
3. shadow

FromProto-Polynesian*ata (compare withHawaiianaka,Samoanata, andTokelauanata).^[1](Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

ata

1. morning

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “ata”, inA Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages21-2
• “ata” in John C. Moorfield,Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011,→ISBN.

ata

1. grandparent

FromProto-Oceanic*pat, fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*pat, fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, fromProto-Austronesian*Səpat.

ata

1. four

From Pre-Nauruan*ita, possibly fromProto-Micronesian*ita(“pile up”). Compare Proto-Central Micronesian*-itaki "counter for tens".

ata

1. ten

Inherited fromOld Tupiatá, fromProto-Tupi-Guarani*ata, fromProto-Tupian*atʲa.

atá

1. fire

• LEMOS BARBOSA, A.Pequeno Vocabulário Tupi–Português. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1951.

• wata

FromProto-Oceanic*pat, fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*pat, fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, fromProto-Austronesian*Səpat.

ata

1. Alternative form ofwata

• IPA^(key):/ada/

ata

1. third-personpluralpresentindicativerelative ofis

• IPA^(key):/aˈtaː/

a·ta

1. Alternative spelling ofat·tá

Possibly fromArabicحَتَّى(ḥattā),Latinadista(“to this”) orLatinadtenus(“as far as”) (>"ad tenes"). CompareSpanishhasta,Portugueseaté.

ata

1. until
   • 1017,"Fuero de León"‎^[3]‎^[4]:

     non faga poblacionata ena uilla. [...] non lo podierem prenderata IX. dias

     don't "make population"(unclear)until in the town. [...] they couldn't get himuntil 4 days.

   • 1085,"Fuero de Avilés"‎^[5]:

     ata que non vissemt tota illa gente movuda. [...] cavallario de boca de Valcálcerata Leo

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1243,"Venta de una heredad en Villar"‎^[6]:

     de la gram cousaata la pechena

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1275,"Piece of a Testament"‎^[7]:

     quantos testamentos o testamento ficiata hue

     how many testaments or testament I diduntil today

• Asturian:ta,ata
• Leonese:ata

FromProto-Germanic*atǭ, fromProto-Indo-European*od-,*h₃ed-(“aversion, hate”).

ata f

1. quarrel
2. ahunting

FromProto-Germanic*atōną.

ata

1. tostimulate
2. toegg on (to mischief)

• etja

FromProto-Katuic*ʔadaa, fromProto-Mon-Khmer*da[ʔ].

• IPA^(key):[ʔataː]

ata 

1. (zoology)duck

Learned borrowing fromLatinācta(“register of public events”).

• acta(pre-1990 spelling)

• Rhymes:-atɐ
• Hyphenation:a‧ta

ata f (pluralatas)

1. minute(record of meeting)

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

• Rhymes:-atɐ
• Hyphenation:a‧ta

ata

1. inflection ofatar:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

ata

1. (Brazil,Internetslang,nonstandard)Alternative form ofah, tá

• ava
• aê
• aé

• “ata”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam,2008–2025

Cognate withZulu-anda.

ata

1. toincrease, tomultiply

• IPA^(key):/ˈata/[ˈa.t̪a]
• Rhymes:-ata
• Syllabification:a‧ta

ata

1. inflection ofatar:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ˈʔataʔ/[ˈʔaː.t̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes:-ataʔ
• Syllabification:a‧ta

atà (Baybayin spellingᜀᜆ)

1. Alternative form ofyata:may;perhaps;Ithink

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ˈʔata/[ˈʔaː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes:-ata
• Syllabification:a‧ta

ata (Baybayin spellingᜀᜆ)(nowdialectal, in thedual, inclusive)

1. our;my andyour

ata (Baybayin spellingᜀᜆ)(nowdialectal, in thedual, inclusive)

1. (possessive)ours; of thetwo ofus
2. (oblique) (to) thetwo ofus

ata

1. cloud

• IPA^(key):[ˈa.ta]

ata

1. (anatomy)chest

• IPA^(key):[ˈ(ʔ)a.ta]

ata

1. (transitive) tobring

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

• IPA^(key):[ˈa.ta]
• Hyphenation:a‧ta

FromProto-Polynesian*qa-ta.

ata

1. (alienable)my

• ata is commonly used in place ofaku to arouse the listener’s sympathy about some predicament that one is in.

FromProto-Polynesian*ata. Cognates includeHawaiianaka,Maoriata, andSamoanata.

ata

1. image,shape
2. daybreak,dawn
3. picture,photograph
4. diagram,scheme
5. reflection
6. film,movie

ata

1. (stative) to bevisible
2. (intransitive) to becomeunderstood

FromProto-Polynesian*ata. Cognates includePukapukanata.

ata

1. Used to indicate one's ability to perform the action of the following verb;be able to

• R. Simona, editor (1986),Tokelau Dictionary‎^[8], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page19

FromMeriamata.

ata

1. (eastern dialect)grandparent

   Synonyms:pop,popa

• IPA^(key):/aˈta/
• Hyphenation:a‧ta

FromProto-Turkic*ata. Cognate withOld Turkic𐱃𐰀(t¹a/⁠ata⁠/).

ata (definite accusativeatayı,pluralatalar)

1. ancestor,forefather
2. predecessor,forerunner
3. (dated)father

• cet
• ecdat

ata

1. dativesingular ofat

FromProto-Turkic*ata.

ata

1. (Formal, chiefly Yomut)father
2. (Teke)paternal grandfather

ata

1. dativesingular ofat

• ataf,ato

• IPA^(key):/ˈata/

ata

1. (colloquial)first-personsingular ofat

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*qatəp.

• IPA^(key):/ata/

ata

1. roof

• Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987)Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris

• ita(Ìlàjẹ, Ìkálẹ̀, Ọ̀wọ̀)
• uta(Ào, Èkìtì)

Froma-(“agent prefix”) +‎ta(“to be peppery, to be spicy”), literally“that which is peppery”, cognate withIgalaáta

IPA^(key):/ā.tā/

ata

1. pepper,spice

ata

1. Alternative form ofaata

ata

1. (phrase)look here!,let me see!,well then!

• ata'a
• atak
• ataki

• atam (look!)

ata (c)

1. beyond
2. over