tabata

== Papiamentu == === Etymology === Compound from Spanish estaba "was" + Spanish está "is". Or from Portuguese estava "was" + Portuguese está "is". === Verb === tabata The past continuous tense of the verb ta (“to be”). was were used to was busy == Veps == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *tabat'ak. === Verb === tabata to grasp, to grab, to grip to catch ==== Inflection ==== === References === Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “захватить, поймать, постигать, схватить, хватать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika