English

Proper noun

Tata

1. A surname​. of famous people in India.

English

Interjection

tata

1. Alternative form of ta ta

Etymology 2

From French tette, of Germanic origin, and/or Old English titt. Confer Dutch tiet and German Zitze.

Noun

tata ‎(plural tatas)

1. (slang) Breast.

Anagrams

• atta

Amanab

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑtɑ/

Noun

tata

1. pig

Cebuano

Pronunciation 1

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /t̪at̪a/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ta‧ta

Etymology 1

Compare tatay.

Noun

tata

1. A familiar address to one's father.

Pronunciation 2

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪aˈt̪a/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ta‧ta

Etymology 2

Reduplication of ta, from initial clipping of bata.

Noun

tata

1. (childish) A familiar address to a child.

Pronunciation 3

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪aʔˈt̪aʔ/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ta‧ta

Etymology 3

Compare tastas

Verb

tata

1. To wear out.

Central Tarahumara

Noun

tata

1. father

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Perhaps imitative, though compare tahtli ‎(“father”) and Spanish taita ‎(“dad”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.ta]

Noun

tata ‎(animate)

1. A child's word for his father; dad, daddy.
   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 111v. col. 1.

     Taita. padre delos niños. tata.

     Taita. the children's father. tata.

   • Idem, f. 91r. col. 1.

     Tata. por tayta,padre [dize el niño.]

     Tata. from tayta, father, says the child.

Synonyms

• tahtli

References

• Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 11v, 91r

Crimean Tatar

Noun

tata

1. elder sister

French

Noun

tata f ‎(plural tatas)

1. (childish) auntie

Noun

tata m ‎(plural tatas)

1. (chiefly Canada, vulgar) imbecile, idiot, bastard, wanker, dickhead

Guaraní

Noun

tata

1. fire

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒtɒ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧ta

Noun

tata ‎(plural taták)

1. uncle (used to call old men in a manner of humour)

Declension

Indonesian

Noun

tata

1. order
2. arrangement
3. system

Italian

Noun

tata f ‎(plural tate)

1. governess (or any young woman looking after children)
2. big sister

Anagrams

• atta

Latin

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, mimicking baby talk. Compare the similar atta, and also Cornish tat, tas, Breton tad, Ancient Greek τατᾶ ‎(tatâ), τέττα ‎(tétta), Bulgarian та́тко ‎(tátko), Sanskrit तात ‎(tāta).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ta/

Noun

tata m ‎(genitive tatae); first declension

1. daddy, a term used by children for their father

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

References

• tata in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• TATA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Lingala

Noun

tata class 1a

1. father

Molise Croatian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian tata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tâːtḁ/

Noun

tata m

1. dad, father

Declension

References

• 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).

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin tata.

Noun

tata

1. father, dad

Synonyms

• papa, pate

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪at̪a/

Noun

tata m pers

1. (informal) dad

Declension

Synonyms

• tato
• ojciec

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tâta/
• Hyphenation: ta‧ta

Noun

tȁta m ‎(Cyrillic spelling та̏та)

1. dad, daddy

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tata. Compare taita.

Noun

tata m ‎(plural tatas)

1. (dialectal, colloquial, El Salvador) father, daddy

Etymology

From Spanish teta.

Noun

tata m ‎(plural tatas)

1. (colloquial, vulgar) (chiefly in the plural) breasts

Swahili

Verb

-tata ‎(infinitive kutata)

1. to tangle

Conjugation

Related terms

• matata
• tatua