Faroese

Noun

Ata f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Agatha.

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Ata: Atuson
• daughter of Ata: Atudóttir

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From ata ‎(“ancestor”).

Proper noun

Ata

1. A male given name

Albanian

Pronoun

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

1. they

Declension

See also

Asturian

Verb

ata

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

Azeri

Noun

ata ‎(definite accusative atanı, plural atalar)

1. father

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧ta

Noun

ata

1. squid ink

Dobu

Etymology

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.

Numeral

ata

1. (cardinal) four

Galician

Alternative forms

• até

Preposition

ata

1. until, till, up to

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈat̪ˠə/

Participle

ata

1. past participle of at

Alternative forms

• ataithe

Noun

ata m

1. genitive singular of at

Verb

ata

1. present subjunctive analytic of at

Mutation

References

• "at" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Maori

Noun

ata

1. shadow
2. morning

Meriam

Noun

ata

1. grandparent

Mussau-Emira

Etymology

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.

Numeral

ata

1. (cardinal) four

Nauruan

Numeral

ata

1. ten

Numbami

Alternative forms

• wata

Etymology

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.

Numeral

ata

1. Alternative form of wata

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• at

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ada/

Verb

ata

1. third-person plural present indicative relative of is

Old Norse

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ata f

1. quarrel
2. a hunting

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *atōną.

Verb

ata

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

Synonyms

• etja

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ācta ‎(“register of public events”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈa.tɐ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈa.ta]

Noun

ata f (plural atas)

1. minute (record of meeting)

Spanish

Verb

ata

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of atar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of atar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of atar.

Tahitian

Noun

ata

1. cloud

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From Meriam ata.

Noun

ata

1. (eastern dialect) grandparent

Synonyms

• pop
• popa

Turkish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Old Turkic ata ‎(“father”), from Proto-Turkic *ata, *Ata, *Ete, possibly from Proto-Altaic *ĕ́t`è ‎(“elder relative”).

Noun

ata ‎(definite accusative atayı, plural atalar)

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

Derived terms

Declension

See also

• cet
• ecdat

Etymology 2

Noun

ata

1. dative singular of at

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈata/

Pronoun

ata

1. first-person singular of at