tatta

See also: Tatta, tättä, and tåtta

English

Etymology

Hindi [Term?]

Noun

tatta (plural tattas)

  1. (India) A bamboo frame or trellis hung at a door or window of a house, over which water is allowed to trickle, in order to moisten and cool the air as it enters.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tatta”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Cimbrian

Etymology

Probably from Italian tata, from Latin tata (dad, daddy), of onomatopoeic origin. Alternatively from Middle High German tate (father), from Old High German *tato, from Proto-West Germanic *dadō (father, dad).

Noun

tatta m

  1. (Luserna) father
    Synonym: vatar

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo Ptata (Dutch person), from ptata (potato, fries). Doublet of patat and bataat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑ.taː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: tat‧ta

Noun

tatta m (plural tatta's, diminutive tattaatje n)

  1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) an autochthonous Dutch person
    Synonym: bakra

Japanese

Romanization

tatta

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たった

Pali

Alternative scripts

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit तप्त (taptá). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀢 (tatta).

Adjective

tatta

  1. hot, heated, glowing
Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit तत्व (tatva). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀢 (tatta).

Noun

tatta n

  1. truth
Declension

References

Swedish

Etymology

Back-formation from tattare (Traveller, Gypsy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²tatːa/

Verb

tatta (present tattar, preterite tattade, supine tattat, imperative tatta)

  1. (slang, offensive) to steal, gyp

Conjugation

Conjugation of tatta (weak)
active passive
infinitive tatta tattas
supine tattat tattats
imperative tatta
imper. plural1 tatten
present past present past
indicative tattar tattade tattas tattades
ind. plural1 tatta tattade tattas tattades
subjunctive2 tatte tattade tattes tattades
present participle tattande
past participle tattad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.