tatta

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See also: Tatta, tättä, and tåtta

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Hindi

Noun[edit]

tatta (plural tattas)

  1. (India) A bamboo frame or trellis hung at a door or window of a house, over which water is allowed to trickle, in order to moisten and cool the air as it enters.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tatta”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Cimbrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Italian tata, from Latin tata (dad, daddy), of onomatopoeic origin. Alternatively from Middle High German tate (father), from Old High German *tato, from Proto-West Germanic *dadō (father, dad).

Noun[edit]

tatta m

  1. (Luserna) father
    Synonym: vatar

References[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo Ptata (Dutch person), from ptata (potato, fries). Doublet of patat and bataat.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑ.taː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: tat‧ta

Noun[edit]

tatta m (plural tatta's, diminutive tattaatje n)

  1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) An autochthonous Dutch person.
    Synonym: bakra

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

tatta

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たった

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit तप्त (taptá).

Adjective[edit]

tatta

  1. hot, heated, glowing

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “tatta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from tattare (Traveller, Gypsy).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tatta (present tattar, preterite tattade, supine tattat, imperative tatta)

  1. (slang, offensive) to steal, gyp

Conjugation[edit]