batis

See also: Batis, batís, and bâtis

English

pririt batis (Batis pririt)

turtleweed (Batis maritima)

Etymology

From translingual Batis, the genus in question, itself likely from Ancient Greek βατίς (batís).

Noun

batis (plural batises)

1. Any of several passerine birds in the genus Batis, related to wattle-eyes.
2. Any of the genus Batis of saltworts.

Derived terms

• forest batis

Further reading

• “batis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

bird

• Batis (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Batis (Platysteiridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Batis (bird) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

plant

• Batis (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Batis (Bataceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Batis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• IBATs, Staib, absit, baits, tabis

Balinese

Romanization

batis

1. Romanization of ᬩᬢᬶᬲ᭄

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate to Malay betis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /batis/
• Hyphenation: ba‧tis

Noun

batis

1. (anatomy) leg (lower limb)
2. foot (part of the leg from ankle to toe)

Synonyms

• (part of the body): kaki

Catalan

Verb

batis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of batre

Esperanto

Verb

batis

1. past of bati

Ido

Verb

batis

1. past of batar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch batist, from French batiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbatɪs]
• Hyphenation: ba‧tis
• Rhymes: -tis, -is, -s

Noun

batis (first-person possessive batisku, second-person possessive batismu, third-person possessive batisnya)

1. batiste, cambric.

Further reading

• “batis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Kapampangan

Etymology

Compare Tagalog batis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbatis/, [ˈbäː.tis]
• Hyphenation: ba‧tis

Noun

bátis

1. brook; stream

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek βατίς (batís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.tis/, [ˈbät̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.tis/, [ˈbäːt̪is]

Noun

batis f (genitive batis); third declension

1. A plant, probably samphire

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	batis	batēs
Genitive	batis	batium
Dative	batī	batibus
Accusative	batem	batēs batīs
Ablative	bate	batibus
Vocative	batis	batēs

Further reading

• “batis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• batis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• batis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “batis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.tiːs/, [ˈbät̪iːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.tis/, [ˈbäːt̪is]

Noun

batīs

1. dative/ablative plural of batus

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbatis/, [ˈba.tɪs]
• Hyphenation: ba‧tis

Noun

batis (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

1. spring; stream; rivulet; brook
2. continuous flow of water from its source
3. (formal) source; origin; fountain

Derived terms

• batisan
• magbatis
• pangalawang batis
• pangatlong batis
• pangunahing batis
• primaryang batis
• sekundaryang batis

 

Further reading

• “batis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018