pata

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pata"

English

Etymology

From Marathi पट्टा (paṭṭā) or a related term in another Indian language. Compare the longer form Marathi दांडपट्टा (dāṇḍpaṭṭā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈtɑ/, (anglicized) /ˈpɑtə/, /ˈpætə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

pata (plural patas)

1. An Indian sword with an attached gauntlet.

Alternative forms

• patta

Synonyms

• dandpatta

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pat(i)-, derivative of Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Cognate to Latin potis (“able, capable”), Ancient Greek πόσις (pósis), Sanskrit पति (páti). A suppletive verb, which occurs in the participle and the aorist, as well as in the tenses and moods derived from these stems.

Verb

pata

1. first-person singular aorist indicative of kam

Conjugation

See kam (“to have”).

Related terms

• pasë
• patur, pasur
• pasuroj, pasurohem
• pasuruar
• pasuri f, pasuria f
• pasonim m, pasonimi m

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish pata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpata/, [ˈpa.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ta

Noun

pata

1. leg (of a human or animal)

   Synonym: pierna

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pęta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpata]

• Audio:

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Noun

pata f

1. heel

Declension

Declension of pata (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	pata	paty
genitive	paty	pat
dative	patě	patám
accusative	patu	paty
vocative	pato	paty
locative	patě	patách
instrumental	patou	patami

Derived terms

• podpatek
• úpatí
• zápatí

 

Further reading

• “pata”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pata”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pata”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑtɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧ta

Etymology 1

A cast iron pot designed by Timo Sarpaneva in 1960.

From Proto-Finnic *pata, from Proto-Uralic *pata; cognate with Estonian pada, Hungarian fazék.

Noun

pata

1. cauldron (large bowl-shaped pot)
2. pot (typically one made of thick material such as cast iron or pottery for slow cooking or storing food)
3. stew, hot pot, chowder (dish prepared in such vessel)
4. barrage (type of firework)

Usage notes

• (pot): See the usage notes under kattila.

Declension

Inflection of pata (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)
nominative		pata	padat
genitive		padan	patojen
partitive		pataa	patoja
illative		pataan	patoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pata	padat
accusative	nom.	pata	padat
	gen.	padan
genitive		padan	patojen patain rare
partitive		pataa	patoja
inessive		padassa	padoissa
elative		padasta	padoista
illative		pataan	patoihin
adessive		padalla	padoilla
ablative		padalta	padoilta
allative		padalle	padoille
essive		patana	patoina
translative		padaksi	padoiksi
abessive		padatta	padoitta
instructive		—	padoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pata (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative patani patani accusative nom. patani patani gen. patani genitive patani patojeni pataini rare partitive pataani patojani inessive padassani padoissani elative padastani padoistani illative pataani patoihini adessive padallani padoillani ablative padaltani padoiltani allative padalleni padoilleni essive patanani patoinani translative padakseni padoikseni abessive padattani padoittani instructive — — comitative — patoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative patasi patasi accusative nom. patasi patasi gen. patasi genitive patasi patojesi pataisi rare partitive pataasi patojasi inessive padassasi padoissasi elative padastasi padoistasi illative pataasi patoihisi adessive padallasi padoillasi ablative padaltasi padoiltasi allative padallesi padoillesi essive patanasi patoinasi translative padaksesi padoiksesi abessive padattasi padoittasi instructive — — comitative — patoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative patamme patamme accusative nom. patamme patamme gen. patamme genitive patamme patojemme pataimme rare partitive pataamme patojamme inessive padassamme padoissamme elative padastamme padoistamme illative pataamme patoihimme adessive padallamme padoillamme ablative padaltamme padoiltamme allative padallemme padoillemme essive patanamme patoinamme translative padaksemme padoiksemme abessive padattamme padoittamme instructive — — comitative — patoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative patanne patanne accusative nom. patanne patanne gen. patanne genitive patanne patojenne patainne rare partitive pataanne patojanne inessive padassanne padoissanne elative padastanne padoistanne illative pataanne patoihinne adessive padallanne padoillanne ablative padaltanne padoiltanne allative padallenne padoillenne essive patananne patoinanne translative padaksenne padoiksenne abessive padattanne padoittanne instructive — — comitative — patoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative patansa patansa accusative nom. patansa patansa gen. patansa genitive patansa patojensa patainsa rare partitive pataansa patojaan patojansa inessive padassaan padassansa padoissaan padoissansa elative padastaan padastansa padoistaan padoistansa illative pataansa patoihinsa adessive padallaan padallansa padoillaan padoillansa ablative padaltaan padaltansa padoiltaan padoiltansa allative padalleen padallensa padoilleen padoillensa essive patanaan patanansa patoinaan patoinansa translative padakseen padaksensa padoikseen padoiksensa abessive padattaan padattansa padoittaan padoittansa instructive — — comitative — patoineen patoinensa

Derived terms

• olla hyvää pataa jonkun kanssa (“to be on good terms with someone”)
• padallinen
• pata kattilaa soimaa (“pot calling the kettle black”)
• Patala
• Patanen
• pienilläkin padoilla on korvat (“little pitchers have big ears”)

 

compounds

• broileripata
• burgundinpata
• chilipata
• currypata
• fondyypata
• haudutuspata
• italianpata
• joulupata
• kanapata
• kasvispata
• lammaspata
• lihapata
• makaronipata
• makkarapata
• muuripata
• nistipata
• padanjalka
• padankansi
• papupata
• pata-arkku
• patahanko
• patakinnas
• patakoukku
• patakukko
• patalaiska
• patalakki
• patalappu
• patapaisti
• patapenkki
• patapölkky
• patarauta
• patarumpu
• pataruoka
• patasuti
• patavalmis
• patavanhoillinen
• puuropata
• pyykkipata
• rautapata
• rokkapata
• saunapata
• savipata
• suikalepata
• sulatuspata
• tervapata
• valurautapata
• vesipata

 

See also

• kattila
• pannu
• vuoka

Further reading

• “1. pata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Swedish spader (“spades”), from German Spaten, after Spanish espada and/or Italian spada (“sword”), originally used for the suit of swords in the Latin suits which corresponds to spades in the French suits.

Noun

pata

1. (card games) spades (suit in playing cards)

   patakymppi ― ten of spades

2. (card games) spade (a card of spades)

Declension

Inflection of pata (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)
nominative		pata	padat
genitive		padan	patojen
partitive		pataa	patoja
illative		pataan	patoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pata	padat
accusative	nom.	pata	padat
	gen.	padan
genitive		padan	patojen patain rare
partitive		pataa	patoja
inessive		padassa	padoissa
elative		padasta	padoista
illative		pataan	patoihin
adessive		padalla	padoilla
ablative		padalta	padoilta
allative		padalle	padoille
essive		patana	patoina
translative		padaksi	padoiksi
abessive		padatta	padoitta
instructive		—	padoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pata (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative patani patani accusative nom. patani patani gen. patani genitive patani patojeni pataini rare partitive pataani patojani inessive padassani padoissani elative padastani padoistani illative pataani patoihini adessive padallani padoillani ablative padaltani padoiltani allative padalleni padoilleni essive patanani patoinani translative padakseni padoikseni abessive padattani padoittani instructive — — comitative — patoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative patasi patasi accusative nom. patasi patasi gen. patasi genitive patasi patojesi pataisi rare partitive pataasi patojasi inessive padassasi padoissasi elative padastasi padoistasi illative pataasi patoihisi adessive padallasi padoillasi ablative padaltasi padoiltasi allative padallesi padoillesi essive patanasi patoinasi translative padaksesi padoiksesi abessive padattasi padoittasi instructive — — comitative — patoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative patamme patamme accusative nom. patamme patamme gen. patamme genitive patamme patojemme pataimme rare partitive pataamme patojamme inessive padassamme padoissamme elative padastamme padoistamme illative pataamme patoihimme adessive padallamme padoillamme ablative padaltamme padoiltamme allative padallemme padoillemme essive patanamme patoinamme translative padaksemme padoiksemme abessive padattamme padoittamme instructive — — comitative — patoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative patanne patanne accusative nom. patanne patanne gen. patanne genitive patanne patojenne patainne rare partitive pataanne patojanne inessive padassanne padoissanne elative padastanne padoistanne illative pataanne patoihinne adessive padallanne padoillanne ablative padaltanne padoiltanne allative padallenne padoillenne essive patananne patoinanne translative padaksenne padoiksenne abessive padattanne padoittanne instructive — — comitative — patoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative patansa patansa accusative nom. patansa patansa gen. patansa genitive patansa patojensa patainsa rare partitive pataansa patojaan patojansa inessive padassaan padassansa padoissaan padoissansa elative padastaan padastansa padoistaan padoistansa illative pataansa patoihinsa adessive padallaan padallansa padoillaan padoillansa ablative padaltaan padaltansa padoiltaan padoiltansa allative padalleen padallensa padoilleen padoillensa essive patanaan patanansa patoinaan patoinansa translative padakseen padaksensa padoikseen padoiksensa abessive padattaan padattansa padoittaan padoittansa instructive — — comitative — patoineen patoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• pata-akka
• patajätkä
• patakakkonen
• patakasi
• patakolmonen
• patakortti
• patakuningas
• patakuningatar
• patakunkku
• patakurko
• patakuutonen
• patakymppi
• patanelonen
• patarouva
• pataseiska
• patasotamies
• patasotilas
• patavitonen
• pataysi
• pataässä

 

Descendants

• → Ingrian: pata

Further reading

• “2. pata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Anagrams

• apat, tapa

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpata/ [ˈpa.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ata

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *patta.

Noun

pata f (plural patas)

1. (zootomy) paw; leg

   Synonym: pouta

Derived terms

• patear
• pateiro

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pata.

Noun

pata f (plural patas)

1. duck, female duck
2. cormorant

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pata”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pata”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pata”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hiri Motu

Noun

pata

1. table, shelf

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *pęta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒtɒ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

pata (plural paták)

1. hoof (the tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	pata	paták
accusative	patát	patákat
dative	patának	patáknak
instrumental	patával	patákkal
causal-final	patáért	patákért
translative	patává	patákká
terminative	patáig	patákig
essive-formal	pataként	patákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	patában	patákban
superessive	patán	patákon
adessive	patánál	patáknál
illative	patába	patákba
sublative	patára	patákra
allative	patához	patákhoz
elative	patából	patákból
delative	patáról	patákról
ablative	patától	patáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	patáé	patáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	patáéi	patákéi

Possessive forms of pata
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	patám	patáim
2nd person sing.	patád	patáid
3rd person sing.	patája	patái
1st person plural	patánk	patáink
2nd person plural	patátok	patáitok
3rd person plural	patájuk	patáik

Derived terms

• pataszerű
• patájú
• patás

 

Compound words

• patakaparó

 

Further reading

• pata in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːta

Verb

pata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative pataði, supine patað)

1. to gesticulate

Conjugation

pata — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að pata
supine (sagnbót)		patað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		patandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég pata	við pötum	present (nútíð)	ég pati	við pötum
	þú patar	þið patið		þú patir	þið patið
	hann, hún, það patar	þeir, þær, þau pata		hann, hún, það pati	þeir, þær, þau pati
past (þátíð)	ég pataði	við pötuðum	past (þátíð)	ég pataði	við pötuðum
	þú pataðir	þið pötuðuð		þú pataðir	þið pötuðuð
	hann, hún, það pataði	þeir, þær, þau pötuðu		hann, hún, það pataði	þeir, þær, þau pötuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	pata (þú)	patið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	pataðu	patiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Ingrian

Etymology 1

Pata (1).

From Proto-Finnic *pata. Cognates include Finnish pata and Estonian pada.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑtɑ/, [ˈpɑtɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑtɑ/, [ˈpɑd̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ta

Noun

pata

1. pot, kettle, cauldron
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 13:

     Tima na pata, Tani na kala.

     Tima, here's your pot, Tani, here's your fish.

   • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 119:

     Ikkunan pääl pata seisoo.

     On the window a pot stands.

Declension

Declension of pata (type 3/kana, t- gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	pata	paat
genitive	paan	pattoin
partitive	pattaa	patoja
illative	pattaa	pattoi
inessive	paas	paois
elative	paast	paoist
allative	paalle	paoille
adessive	paal	paoil
ablative	paalt	paoilt
translative	paaks	paoiks
essive	patanna, pattaan	patoinna, pattoin
exessive1)	patant	patoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• kukkapata
• kusipata
• maitopata
• patahohla
• pataluhka
• patalusikka
• saijapata
• sittapata
• voipata

 

Etymology 2

Paat (2).

Borrowed from Finnish pata, from Swedish spader.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑtɑ/, [ˈpɑtɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑtɑ/, [ˈpɑd̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ta

Noun

pata

1. (card games) spades

Declension

Declension of pata (type 3/kana, t- gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	pata	paat
genitive	paan	pattoin
partitive	pattaa	patoja
illative	pattaa	pattoi
inessive	paas	paois
elative	paast	paoist
allative	paalle	paoille
adessive	paal	paoil
ablative	paalt	paoilt
translative	paaks	paoiks
essive	patanna, pattaan	patoinna, pattoin
exessive1)	patant	patoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• patakunigas
• pataässä
• paturi

 

References

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “пата”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 689
• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[5], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 19
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 370
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[6], →ISBN, page 78

Italian

Alternative forms

• patas

Etymology

Through French, from Wolof.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: pà‧ta

Noun

pata m (invariable)

1. patas (Erythrocebus patas)

Further reading

• pata in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Lower Sorbian

pata

Etymology

Cognate with Serbo-Croatian pȁtka (“duck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpata/

Noun

pata f

1. brooding hen, hen with chicks

Declension

Declension of pata

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	pata	paśe	paty
Genitive	paty	patowu	patow
Dative	paśe	patoma	patam
Accusative	patu	paśe	paty
Instrumental	patu	patoma	patami
Locative	paśe	patoma	patach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “pata”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “pata”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *pata (compare with Tahitian pata (“to flick, to flip”) and tōpata (“droplet, to drip”), Hawaiian paka (“to strike of raindrops, to patter”)) from Proto-Oceanic *bata.

Noun

pata

1. drop, drip

Verb

pata

1. to drip
2. to splatter

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *pata.

Noun

pata

1. seed
2. granule

Related terms

• patapata

Further reading

• “pata” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Miskito

Noun

pata

1. fire

Nyishi

Alternative forms

• peta

Etymology

pa + Proto-Tani *taŋ.

Noun

pata

1. bird

References

• P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎^[7], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From pato + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpata/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: pa‧ta

Noun

pata f (plural patas)

1. female equivalent of pato (“female duck”)
   • 1348, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia, editor, História do galego-português, Coimbra: I.N.I.C, page 159:

     ſſete ouellas τ dous años τ ſſete cabras τ quatro cabritos τ duas porcas τ mea doutra τ hũa porcalla con ſſeus fillos τ dose patas τ treσe gallinas cõ quatorze pĩtoos

     seven sheep and two lambs and seven goats and four kids and two sows and a half and a sow with her sons and twelve ducks and therteen hens with fourteen chicks

Derived terms

• patela

 

Descendants

• Fala: pata
• Galician: pata
• Portuguese: pata (see there for further descendants)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pata”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pata”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Old Norse

Noun

pata

1. inflection of pati:
   1. indefinite oblique singular
   2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• पत (Devanagari script)
• পত (Bengali script)
• පත (Sinhalese script)
• ပတ (Burmese script)
• ปต or ปะตะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ປຕ or ປະຕະ (Lao script)
• បត (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄖 (Chakma script)

Verb

pata

1. second-person singular imperative active of patati (“to fall”)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese pata and Spanish pata.

Noun

pata

1. hoof
2. paw
3. claw

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ta

Etymology 1

pata (1)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *pata, fom Vulgar Latin *patta (“paw, foot”).

Noun

pata f (plural patas)

1. paw, foot, leg (of an animal)
2. (colloquial) human leg, foot, footprint (often used by an angry person)

Descendants

• Papiamentu: pata
• → Sranan Tongo: pata
  • Dutch: patta

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pata.

Noun

pata f (plural patas)

1. female equivalent of pato (“female duck”)

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Batt

Quechua

Adjective

pata

1. neighboring, adjacent

Adverb

pata

1. above, high up

Noun

pata

1. edge
2. shore, cliff, terrace
3. square

Declension

declension of pata

	singular	plural
nominative	pata	patakuna
accusative	patata	patakunata
dative	pataman	patakunaman
genitive	patap	patakunap
locative	patapi	patakunapi
terminative	patakama	patakunakama
ablative	patamanta	patakunamanta
instrumental	patawan	patakunawan
comitative	patantin	patakunantin
abessive	patannaq	patakunannaq
comparative	patahina	patakunahina
causative	patarayku	patakunarayku
benefactive	patapaq	patakunapaq
associative	patapura	patakunapura
distributive	patanka	patakunanka
exclusive	patalla	patakunalla

possessive forms of pata

ñuqap - first-person singular

ñuqap (my)	singular	plural
nominative	patay	pataykuna
accusative	patayta	pataykunata
dative	patayman	pataykunaman
genitive	pataypa	pataykunap
locative	pataypi	pataykunapi
terminative	pataykama	pataykunakama
ablative	pataymanta	pataykunamanta
instrumental	pataywan	pataykunawan
comitative	pataynintin	pataykunantin
abessive	patayninnaq	pataykunannaq
comparative	patayhina	pataykunahina
causative	patayrayku	pataykunarayku
benefactive	pataypaq	pataykunapaq
associative	pataypura	pataykunapura
distributive	patayninka	pataykunanka
exclusive	pataylla	pataykunalla

qampa - second-person singular

qampa (your)	singular	plural
nominative	patayki	pataykikuna
accusative	pataykita	pataykikunata
dative	pataykiman	pataykikunaman
genitive	pataykipa	pataykikunap
locative	pataykipi	pataykikunapi
terminative	pataykikama	pataykikunakama
ablative	pataykimanta	pataykikunamanta
instrumental	pataykiwan	pataykikunawan
comitative	pataykintin	pataykikunantin
abessive	pataykinnaq	pataykikunannaq
comparative	pataykihina	pataykikunahina
causative	pataykirayku	pataykikunarayku
benefactive	pataykipaq	pataykikunapaq
associative	pataykipura	pataykikunapura
distributive	pataykinka	pataykikunanka
exclusive	pataykilla	pataykikunalla

paypa - third-person singular

paypa (his/her/its)	singular	plural
nominative	patan	patankuna
accusative	patanta	patankunata
dative	patanman	patankunaman
genitive	patanpa	patankunap
locative	patanpi	patankunapi
terminative	patankama	patankunakama
ablative	patanmanta	patankunamanta
instrumental	patanwan	patankunawan
comitative	patanintin	patankunantin
abessive	patanninnaq	patankunannaq
comparative	patanhina	patankunahina
causative	patanrayku	patankunarayku
benefactive	patanpaq	patankunapaq
associative	patanpura	patankunapura
distributive	pataninka	patankunanka
exclusive	patanlla	patankunalla

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))	singular	plural
nominative	patanchik	patanchikkuna
accusative	patanchikta	patanchikkunata
dative	patanchikman	patanchikkunaman
genitive	patanchikpa	patanchikkunap
locative	patanchikpi	patanchikkunapi
terminative	patanchikkama	patanchikkunakama
ablative	patanchikmanta	patanchikkunamanta
instrumental	patanchikwan	patanchikkunawan
comitative	patanchiknintin	patanchikkunantin
abessive	patanchikninnaq	patanchikkunannaq
comparative	patanchikhina	patanchikkunahina
causative	patanchikrayku	patanchikkunarayku
benefactive	patanchikpaq	patanchikkunapaq
associative	patanchikpura	patanchikkunapura
distributive	patanchikninka	patanchikkunanka
exclusive	patanchiklla	patanchikkunalla

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

ñuqaykup (our(excl))	singular	plural
nominative	patayku	pataykukuna
accusative	pataykuta	pataykukunata
dative	pataykuman	pataykukunaman
genitive	pataykupa	pataykukunap
locative	pataykupi	pataykukunapi
terminative	pataykukama	pataykukunakama
ablative	pataykumanta	pataykukunamanta
instrumental	pataykuwan	pataykukunawan
comitative	pataykuntin	pataykukunantin
abessive	pataykunnaq	pataykukunannaq
comparative	pataykuhina	pataykukunahina
causative	pataykurayku	pataykukunarayku
benefactive	pataykupaq	pataykukunapaq
associative	pataykupura	pataykukunapura
distributive	pataykunka	pataykukunanka
exclusive	pataykulla	pataykukunalla

qamkunap - second-person plural

qamkunap (your(pl))	singular	plural
nominative	pataykichik	pataykichikkuna
accusative	pataykichikta	pataykichikkunata
dative	pataykichikman	pataykichikkunaman
genitive	pataykichikpa	pataykichikkunap
locative	pataykichikpi	pataykichikkunapi
terminative	pataykichikkama	pataykichikkunakama
ablative	pataykichikmanta	pataykichikkunamanta
instrumental	pataykichikwan	pataykichikkunawan
comitative	pataykichiknintin	pataykichikkunantin
abessive	pataykichikninnaq	pataykichikkunannaq
comparative	pataykichikhina	pataykichikkunahina
causative	pataykichikrayku	pataykichikkunarayku
benefactive	pataykichikpaq	pataykichikkunapaq
associative	pataykichikpura	pataykichikkunapura
distributive	pataykichikninka	pataykichikkunanka
exclusive	pataykichiklla	pataykichikkunalla

paykunap - third-person plural

paykunap (their)	singular	plural
nominative	patanku	patankukuna
accusative	patankuta	patankukunata
dative	patankuman	patankukunaman
genitive	patankupa	patankukunap
locative	patankupi	patankukunapi
terminative	patankukama	patankukunakama
ablative	patankumanta	patankukunamanta
instrumental	patankuwan	patankukunawan
comitative	patankuntin	patankukunantin
abessive	patankunnaq	patankukunannaq
comparative	patankuhina	patankukunahina
causative	patankurayku	patankukunarayku
benefactive	patankupaq	patankukunapaq
associative	patankupura	patankukunapura
distributive	patankunka	patankukunanka
exclusive	patankulla	patankukunalla

Postposition

pata

1. near
2. on, over, above

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpata/ [ˈpa.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: pa‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *patta (“paw, foot”). Compare English patten.

Noun

pata f (plural patas)

1. paw, foot, leg (of an animal)

   Synonym: pie

2. leg (of furniture)
3. (colloquial) human leg, foot (often used in anger)

   Synonym: pierna

4. (colloquial) footprint (often used in anger)

   Synonym: huella

   Acabo de trapear y ya dejaste tus patas.

   I've just finished mopping and now you left your footprints (all over).

5. kickstand (a levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden)

   Synonym: pata de cabra

6. pocket flap
7. tie, draw

   Synonym: empate

Derived terms

• a cuatro patas
• a la pata coja
• a la pata la llana
• a pata
• a pata pelada
• con la cola entre las patas
• de pata negra
• dormir a pata ancha
• echar la pata
• echar pata
• empatar
• enseñar la pata
• estirar la pata
• hacer la pata
• hacer pata ancha
• irse por la pata abajo
• mala pata
• metedura de pata
• meter la pata
• metida de pata
• pata de banco
• pata de buey
• pata de burro
• pata de chucho
• pata de elefante
• pata de gallina
• pata de gallo
• pata de ganso
• pata de león
• pata de pájaro
• pata de palo
• pata de perro
• pata de rana
• patada
• pataleta
• patas arriba
• patas de gallo
• patatieso
• patear
• patilla
• salir por patas
• tanto peca el que mata a la vaca como el que le agarra la pata

 

Related terms

• patín

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بَّطّ (paṭṭ), from Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ, “duck”).

Noun

pata f (plural patas)

1. female equivalent of pato; female duck

Further reading

• “pata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• tapa

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Portuguese sapato (“shoe”).

Noun

pata

1. sneaker (shoe)

Descendants

• Dutch: patta

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *-jípata.

Verb

-pata (infinitive kupata)

1. to get
2. to get the chance or opportunity to, be able to (followed by an infinitive or bare verb stem)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pata
Positive present -napata Subjunctive -pate Negative -pati Imperative singular pata
Infinitives
Positive kupata Negative kutopata
Imperatives
Singular pata Plural pateni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupata Positive past positive subject concord + -lipata Negative past negative subject concord + -kupata
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napata) Singular Plural 1st person ninapata/napata tunapata 2nd person unapata mnapata 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapata wanapata other classes positive subject concord + -napata
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pati) Singular Plural 1st person sipati hatupati 2nd person hupati hampati 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapati hawapati other classes negative subject concord + -pati
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapata Negative future negative subject concord + -tapata
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pate) Singular Plural 1st person nipate tupate 2nd person upate mpate 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apate wapate other classes positive subject concord + -pate
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipate Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepata Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepata Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipata Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipata
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apata) Singular Plural 1st person napata twapata 2nd person wapata mwapata 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apata wapata m-mi(III/IV) wapata yapata ji-ma(V/VI) lapata yapata ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapata vyapata n(IX/X) yapata zapata u(XI) wapata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapata pa(XVI) papata mu(XVIII) mwapata
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepata "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapata "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japata "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipata "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopata Consecutive kapata / positive subject concord + -kapata Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapate
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipata -tupata 2nd person -kupata -wapata/-kupateni/-wapateni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpata -wapata m-mi(III/IV) -upata -ipata ji-ma(V/VI) -lipata -yapata ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipata -vipata n(IX/X) -ipata -zipata u(XI) -upata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupata pa(XVI) -papata mu(XVIII) -mupata Reflexive -jipata
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pata- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pataye -patao m-mi(III/IV) -patao -patayo ji-ma(V/VI) -patalo -patayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -patacho -patavyo n(IX/X) -patayo -patazo u(XI) -patao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -patako pa(XVI) -patapo mu(XVIII) -patamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pata) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepata -opata m-mi(III/IV) -opata -yopata ji-ma(V/VI) -lopata -yopata ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopata -vyopata n(IX/X) -yopata -zopata u(XI) -opata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopata pa(XVI) -popata mu(XVIII) -mopata
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -patia
  • Causative: -pasha (“to cause to get, to warm up”)
  • Passive: -patwa
  • Reciprocal: -patana
  • Stative: -patika

• Nominal derivations:
  • pato (“income”)

Etymology 2

Noun

pata class IX (plural pata class X)

1. hinge

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish pata.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpata/ [ˈpaː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: pa‧ta

Noun

pata (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆ)

1. (zoology) animal thigh
2. ham hock; pig's trotter
3. game using wooden bricks

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpataʔ/ [ˈpaː.t̪ɐʔ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ataʔ
  • IPA^(key): /paˈtaʔ/ [pɐˈt̪aʔ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧ta

Noun

patà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆ) (medicine)

1. fatigue

Adjective

patâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆ) (medicine)

1. fatigued

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈtaʔ/ [pɐˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧ta

Noun

patâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆ) (obsolete)

1. act of forcing oneself to give up bad inclinations

Derived terms

• pata-patain
• pataan
• patain

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• tapa, apat

Votic

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑtɑ/, [ˈpɑtɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *pata.

Noun

pata

1. pot (made of clay or metal)

Inflection

Declension of pata (type III/jalkõ, t- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	pata	paad
genitive	paa	patojõ, patoi
partitive	patta	patoitõ, patoi
illative	pattasõ, patta	patoisõ
inessive	paaz	patoiz
elative	paassõ	patoissõ
allative	paalõ	patoilõ
adessive	paallõ	patoillõ
ablative	paaltõ	patoiltõ
translative	paassi	patoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Finnish pata.

Noun

pata

1. spades (card suit)

Inflection

Declension of pata (type III/jalkõ, t- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	pata	paad
genitive	paa	patojõ, patoi
partitive	patta	patoitõ, patoi
illative	pattasõ, patta	patoisõ
inessive	paaz	patoiz
elative	paassõ	patoissõ
allative	paalõ	patoilõ
adessive	paallõ	patoillõ
ablative	paaltõ	patoiltõ
translative	paassi	patoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “pata”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Yoruba

Etymology

From British English pants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pá.tá/

Noun

pátá

1. underwear, pants, briefs

   Synonyms: àwọ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, dígò, ṣòkòtò péńpé