ata

From the accusative Proto-Albanian *a-ta, compound of proclitic particle a and demonstrative ta, from Proto-Indo-European *tóms, masculine accusative plural of *só m (“that (one)”) (compare Latin istud, English that).

Older and dialectal varieties retain ablative asish, acish, from a + Proto-Albanian *tsj(a)isu, from *ḱjoisu, locative of Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this (one)”) (compare English he).

• IPA^(key): /aˈta/

ata m pl (accusative ata, dative atyre, ablative atyre)

1. they

ata n sg (accusative ata, dative atij, ablative (a)tij)

1. (archaic) it

ata

1. third-person singular present indicative of atar
2. second-person singular imperative of atar

From Proto-Turkic *ata / *ete.^[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰀 (t¹a /⁠ata⁠/).

• IPA^(key): [ɑˈtɑ]

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ata (definite accusative atanı, plural atalar)

1. father

   Synonyms: (colloquial) dədə, (informal) papa

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

   Coordinate term: ana (“mother”)

• “ata” in Obastan.com.

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

atá (Basahan spelling ᜀᜆ)

1. rice bran

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

atà (Basahan spelling ᜀᜆ)

1. (Naga) I told you already!

   Synonym: bata

Borrowed from Tagalog yata.

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

atà (Basahan spelling ᜀᜆ)

1. perhaps

   Synonyms: tibaad, baka, seguro

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

ata

1. squid ink

• 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.

From Proto-Turkic *ata / *ete.

ata

1. (obsolete) ancestor

   Synonym: selef

2. (obsolete) father

   Synonyms: baba, babay

3. male

• “ata”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-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 of atar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːta/
• Rhymes: -aːta

ata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ataði, supine atað)

1. to make dirty [with accusative]

• útata (“to soil”)

From á- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ta (“to be peppery, to be spicy”), literally “that which is peppery”, cognate with Yoruba ata (“pepper”)

• IPA^(key): /áta/

áta

1. Alligator pepper

   Synonym: ákpọkọ (“pepper”)

• átalúbú (“bell pepper”)

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

• IPA^(key): /àtá/

àtá

1. father

ata

1. see

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈat̪ˠə/

ata

1. past participle of at

• ataithe

ata m

1. genitive singular of at

ata

1. present subjunctive analytic of at

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “at”, in Foclóir 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)

ata

1. eye

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “áta”, in A 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, page 41
• Allen, Larry (2021) “áta”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
• Wallace, Judy (2018) “ata”, in Northern Kankanay – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

• IPA^(key): /jəˈta/ [jəˈtä]
• Hyphenation: ya‧ta

ata

1. alternative spelling of yata

From Proto-Turkic *ata.

ata

1. father (in Latin)

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

ata

1. see

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

From Proto-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”, in Kamus 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 from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

atá

1. (anatomy) eye

ata

1. roof

ata

1. (anatomy) eye

ata

1. coconut

atà

1. octopus or squid ink

From Proto-Polynesian *qata (compare with Hawaiian aka, Samoan ata, and Tokelauan ata) from Proto-Oceanic *qatar “image, reflection, soul, spirit” from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatad (“appearance, mark” – compare with Malay telantar “astretched”, Iban anta “dandy, decorated”, Tagalog hantad “visible, exposed”, Cebuano angtad “in line of sight”).^[1][2]

ata

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

From Proto-Polynesian *ata (compare with Hawaiian aka, Samoan ata, and Tokelauan ata).^[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ata

1. morning

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “ata”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 21-2
• “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

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

ata

1. four

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

ata

1. ten

Inherited from Old Tupi atá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ata, from Proto-Tupian *atʲa.

atá

1. fire

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

• wata

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

ata

1. alternative form of wata

• IPA^(key): /ada/

ata

1. third-person plural present indicative relative of is

• IPA^(key): /aˈtaː/

a·ta

1. alternative spelling of at·tá

Possibly from Arabic حَتَّى (ḥattā), Latin ad ista (“to this”) or Latin ad tenus (“as far as”) (>"ad tenes"). Compare Spanish hasta, Portuguese até.

ata

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

     non faga poblacion ata ena uilla. [...] non lo podierem prender ata IX. dias

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

   • 1085, "Fuero de Avilés"‎^[5]:

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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

     de la gram cousa ata la pechena

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

     quantos testamentos o testamento fici ata hue

     how many testaments or testament I did until today

• Asturian: ta, ata
• Leonese: ata

From Proto-Germanic *atǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *od-, *h₃ed- (“aversion, hate”).

ata f

1. quarrel
2. a hunting

From Proto-Germanic *atōną.

ata

1. to stimulate
2. to egg on (to mischief)

• etja

From Proto-Katuic *ʔadaa, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *da[ʔ].

• IPA^(key): [ʔataː]

ata 

1. (zoology) duck

Learned borrowing from Latin ācta (“register of public events”).

• acta (pre-1990 spelling)

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧ta

ata f (plural atas)

1. minute (record of meeting)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧ta

ata

1. inflection of atar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

ata

1. (Brazil, Internet slang, nonstandard) alternative form of ah, tá

• ava
• aê
• aé

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

Cognate with Zulu -anda.

ata

1. to increase, to multiply

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

ata

1. inflection of atar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

atà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ)

1. alternative form of yata: may; perhaps; I think

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

ata (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ) (now dialectal, in the dual, inclusive)

1. our; my and your

ata (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ) (now dialectal, in the dual, inclusive)

1. (possessive) ours; of the two of us
2. (oblique) (to) the two of us

ata

1. cloud

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ta]

ata

1. (anatomy) chest

• IPA^(key): [ˈ(ʔ)a.ta]

ata

1. (transitive) to bring

• 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

From Proto-Polynesian *qa-ta.

ata

1. (alienable) my

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

From Proto-Polynesian *ata. Cognates include Hawaiian aka, Maori ata, and Samoan ata.

ata

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

ata

1. (stative) to be visible
2. (intransitive) to become understood

From Proto-Polynesian *ata. Cognates include Pukapukan ata.

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, page 19

From Meriam ata.

ata

1. (eastern dialect) grandparent

   Synonyms: pop, popa

-ata (infinitive kwata)

1. to create

   Synonym: -lenga

• mwati (“creator, maker”)

• Wm. Y. Turner, Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English-Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary, 1996

• IPA^(key): /aˈta/
• Hyphenation: a‧ta

From Proto-Turkic *ata. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰀 (t¹a /⁠ata⁠/).

ata (definite accusative atayı, plural atalar)

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

• cet
• ecdat

ata

1. dative singular of at

Other scripts
Latin	ata‍
Cyrillic	ата‍
Arabic	آتا

From Proto-Turkic *ata.

ata

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

ata

1. dative singular of at

• ataf, ato

• IPA^(key): /ˈata/

ata

1. (colloquial) first-person singular of at

From Proto-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)

From a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ ta (“to be peppery, to be spicy”), literally “that which is peppery”, cognate with Igala áta

IPA^(key): /ā.tā/

ata

1. pepper, spice

ata

1. alternative form of aata

ata

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

• ata'a
• atak
• ataki

• atam (look!)

ata (c)

1. beyond
2. over