gata

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Armenian գաթա (gatʻa). ==== Alternative forms ==== kata, katah (from Western Armenian pronunciation) gatah ==== Noun ==== gata (plural gatas) A kind of pastry in Armenia and some neighboring countries. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== gata (plural gatas) (South Africa, slang) A police officer. === Anagrams === Agta == Albanian == === Noun === gata inflection of gatë: definite nominative singular indefinite nominative/accusative plural == Balinese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡatə/ Hyphenation: ga‧ta === Etymology 1 === From Sanskrit गत (gata, “gone”). ==== Verb ==== gata (Balinese script ᬕᬢ) to be gone === Etymology 2 === From Sanskrit घट (ghaṭa, “pot”). ==== Noun ==== gata (Balinese script ᬖᬝ) pot == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin catta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡa.tə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡa.ta] === Noun === gata f (plural gates) female equivalent of gat === Adjective === gata f sg feminine singular of gat == Central Bikol == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaˈta/ [ɡaˈta] Hyphenation: ga‧ta === Noun === gatá (Basahan spelling ᜄᜆ) knife used for harvesting rice ==== See also ==== == Fijian == === Etymology === Cognate with Proto-Polynesian *ŋata (compare Māori ngata, Samoan gata, Tongan ngata and Niuean gata), earlier *ŋʷata, from Proto-Oceanic *mwata (“snake”) (compare Western Fijian ŋwata and Lewo mwata). === Noun === gata snake, serpent == Hiligaynon == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀataq. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaˈtaʔ/ [ɡaˈtaʔ] Hyphenation: ga‧ta === Noun === gatâ coconut milk == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaːta/ Rhymes: -aːta === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse gata, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. ==== Noun ==== gata f (genitive singular götu, nominative plural götur) street, road ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== aðalgata gatnamót götustrákur === Etymology 2 === From gat (“hole”). ==== Verb ==== gata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gataði, supine gatað) (transitive) to pierce through (transitive) specifically, to punch a hole in (using a perforator) (intransitive, informal) to be stumped (be unable to answer a question) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== gatari == Japanese == === Romanization === gata Rōmaji transcription of がた == Masbatenyo == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀataq. === Noun === gatâ coconut milk == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === gaten === Noun === gata m or f definite feminine singular of gate == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === gata f (definite singular gata, indefinite plural gater or gator, definite plural gatene or gatone) definite singular of gate (pre-2012) alternative form of gate == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɑː.tɑ/ === Noun === gāta genitive plural of gāt == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. Likely from the oblique stem *gǫtu of an earlier form *gǫtva, as morphologically gata does not straightforwardly derive from the Proto-Germanic form. === Noun === gata f (genitive gǫtu, plural gǫtur) street, road ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== gat ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: gata Faroese: gøta Norwegian Nynorsk: gate, gote, gotu; (dialectal) gutu, goto, gatu, gato Old Swedish: gata Swedish: gata → Finnish: katu Old Danish: gatæ Danish: gade Norwegian Bokmål: gate → Middle English: gate Scots: gate English: gait, gate → Lithuanian: gatvė === References === == Old Swedish == === Alternative forms === ᚵᛆᛏᛆ === Etymology === From Old Norse gata, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. === Noun === gata f street, road ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: gata → Finnish: katu == Pali == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === Inherited from Sanskrit गत (gata). === Adjective === gata past participle of gacchati (“to go”), with active sense. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== apagata == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese gata, from Late Latin catta. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -atɐ Hyphenation: ga‧ta ==== Noun ==== gata f (plural gatas) female cat (slang) very beautiful woman ===== Derived terms ===== gatinha (diminutive) gatona (augmentative) ===== Related terms ===== gato m === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== gata inflection of gatar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “gata”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “gata”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romagnol == === Noun === gata f (plural gat) feminine of gat (“cat”) == Romanian == === Etymology === Origin disputed. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *gotovъ. The word can also be found in Albanian, compare Albanian gati (which, like the Romanian, is also invariable). Alternatively, the word may be of ultimate Paleo-Balkanic or Albanian origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡa.ta/ === Adjective === gata m or f or n (indeclinable) ready, willing done Synonym: terminat ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== găti === Adverb === gata readily, willingly === References === == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === gata (Cyrillic spelling гата) genitive singular of gat == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin catta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡata/ [ˈɡa.t̪a] Rhymes: -ata Syllabification: ga‧ta === Noun === gata f (plural gatas) female equivalent of gato (“cat”): she-cat, molly, queen, female cat carjack, jack ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “gato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish gata, from Old Norse gata, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːˌta/ === Noun === gata c a street ==== Usage notes ==== Often turns into gatu- (gata + -u-) as a prefix in compounds. ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “gata”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “gata”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “gata”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === agat, taga == Tagalog == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gatəq, *ʀataq. Compare Hiligaynon gata, Isnag xatta, Masbatenyo gata, and Tausug gata'. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡaˈtaʔ/ [ɡɐˈt̪aʔ] Rhymes: -aʔ Syllabification: ga‧ta === Noun === gatâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆ) coconut milk (dialectal) plant juice or extract ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “gata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 === Anagrams === atag, taga, Agta, taga- == Tokelauan == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *ŋata. Cognates include Hawaiian naka and Māori ngata. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈŋa.ta] Hyphenation: ga‧ta === Noun === gata snake === References === R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 138