gata

• kata, katah (from Western Armenian pronunciation)
• gatah

Borrowed from Armenian գաթա (gatʿa).

gata (plural gatas)

1. A kind of pastry in Armenia and some neighboring countries.

• Agta

gata

1. Romanization of ᬕᬢ
2. Romanization of ᬖᬝ

• Hyphenation: ga‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈta/

gatá

1. knife used for harvesting rice

From Late Latin catta.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ta/

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gata f (plural gates)

1. female equivalent of gat

gata f sg

1. feminine singular of gat

Cognate with Proto-Polynesian *ŋata (compare Maori ngata, Samoan gata, Tongan ngata and Niuean gata), earlier *ŋʷata, from Proto-Oceanic *mwata (“snake”) (compare Western Fijian ŋwata and Lewo mwata).

gata

1. snake, serpent

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀataq.

gatâ

1. coconut milk

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːta/
• Rhymes: -aːta

From Old Norse gata, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ.

gata f (genitive singular götu, nominative plural götur)

1. street, road

• aðalgata
• gatnamót
• götustrákur

From gat (“hole”).

gata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gataði, supine gatað)

1. (transitive) to pierce through
2. (transitive) specifically, to punch a hole in (using a perforator)
3. (intransitive, informal) to be stumped (be unable to answer a question)

• gatari

gata

1. Rōmaji transcription of がた

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀataq.

gatâ

1. coconut milk

• gaten

gata m or f

1. definite feminine singular of gate

gata f (definite singular gata, indefinite plural gater or gator, definite plural gatene or gatone)

1. definite singular of gate
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of gate

From Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ.

gata f (genitive gǫtu, plural gǫtur)

1. street, road

• 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
• Westrobothnian: gǫtu, gatu
• → Middle English: gate
  • Scots: gate
  • English: gait, gate
• → Lithuanian: gatvė

From Old Norse gata, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ.

gata f

1. street, road

• Swedish: gata
• → Finnish: katu

Inherited from Sanskrit गत (gata).

gata

1. past participle of gacchati (“to go”), with active sense.

• apagata

From Old Portuguese gata, from Late Latin catta.

• Rhymes: -atɐ

• Hyphenation: ga‧ta

gata f (plural gatas)

1. female cat
2. (slang) very beautiful woman

• gatinha (diminutive)
• gatona (augmentative)

• gato m

gata f (plural gat)

1. feminine of gat (“cat”)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ta/

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gata m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. ready, willing
2. done

• (done): terminat

• găti

gata

1. readily, willingly

From Late Latin catta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡata/ [ˈɡa.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ga‧ta

gata f (plural gatas)

1. female equivalent of gato (“cat”); she-cat, molly, queen, female cat
2. car-jack, jack

• a gatas

• “gato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Old Swedish gata, from Old Norse gata, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːˌta/

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  ("en gata")

gata c

1. street

• gata in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

• agat, taga

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀataq. Compare Hiligaynon gata, Isnag xatta, and Masbatenyo gata.

• Hyphenation: ga‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtaʔ/, [ɡɐˈtaʔ]

gatâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆ)

1. coconut milk
2. (dialectal) plant juice or extract

• santan

From Proto-Polynesian *ŋata. Cognates include Hawaiian naka and Maori ngata.

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋa.ta/
• Hyphenation: ga‧ta

gata

1. snake

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 138