# balata
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish balatá.

### Noun

balata (countable and uncountable, plural balatas)
* Manilkara bidentata, a large South American tree that yields latex and edible yellow berries.
** 2022, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds, Hamish Hamilton, page 215:‘She tall like a balata tree, her skin black like midnight.’
* The latex obtained from this tree.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* albata, atabal

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Spanish balata.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɑlɑtɑ/, [ˈbɑ̝lɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑlɑtɑ
* Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ta

### Noun

balata
* balata (tree Manilkara bidentata)
* bulletwood (timber from this tree)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of balata (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
balatani
balatani
accusative
nom.
balatani
balatani
gen.
balatani
genitive
balatani
balatojeni balataini $^{rare}$
partitive
balataani
balatojani
inessive
balatassani
balatoissani
elative
balatastani
balatoistani
illative
balataani
balatoihini
adessive
balatallani
balatoillani
ablative
balataltani
balatoiltani
allative
balatalleni
balatoilleni
essive
balatanani
balatoinani
translative
balatakseni
balatoikseni
abessive
balatattani
balatoittani
instructive
comitative
—balatoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
balatasi
balatasi
accusative
nom.
balatasi
balatasi
gen.
balatasi
genitive
balatasi
balatojesi balataisi $^{rare}$
partitive
balataasi
balatojasi
inessive
balatassasi
balatoissasi
elative
balatastasi
balatoistasi
illative
balataasi
balatoihisi
adessive
balatallasi
balatoillasi
ablative
balataltasi
balatoiltasi
allative
balatallesi
balatoillesi
essive
balatanasi
balatoinasi
translative
balataksesi
balatoiksesi
abessive
balatattasi
balatoittasi
instructive
comitative
—balatoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
balatamme
balatamme
accusative
nom.
balatamme
balatamme
gen.
balatamme
genitive
balatamme
balatojemme balataimme $^{rare}$
partitive
balataamme
balatojamme
inessive
balatassamme
balatoissamme
elative
balatastamme
balatoistamme
illative
balataamme
balatoihimme
adessive
balatallamme
balatoillamme
ablative
balataltamme
balatoiltamme
allative
balatallemme
balatoillemme
essive
balatanamme
balatoinamme
translative
balataksemme
balatoiksemme
abessive
balatattamme
balatoittamme
instructive
comitative
—balatoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
balatanne
balatanne
accusative
nom.
balatanne
balatanne
gen.
balatanne
genitive
balatanne
balatojenne balatainne $^{rare}$
partitive
balataanne
balatojanne
inessive
balatassanne
balatoissanne
elative
balatastanne
balatoistanne
illative
balataanne
balatoihinne
adessive
balatallanne
balatoillanne
ablative
balataltanne
balatoiltanne
allative
balatallenne
balatoillenne
essive
balatananne
balatoinanne
translative
balataksenne
balatoiksenne
abessive
balatattanne
balatoittanne
instructive
comitative
—balatoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
balatansa
balatansa
accusative
nom.
balatansa
balatansa
gen.
balatansa
genitive
balatansa
balatojensa balatainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
balataansa
balatojaan balatojansa
inessive
balatassaan balatassansa
balatoissaan balatoissansa
elative
balatastaan balatastansa
balatoistaan balatoistansa
illative
balataansa
balatoihinsa
adessive
balatallaan balatallansa
balatoillaan balatoillansa
ablative
balataltaan balataltansa
balatoiltaan balatoiltansa
allative
balatalleen balatallensa
balatoilleen balatoillensa
essive
balatanaan balatanansa
balatoinaan balatoinansa
translative
balatakseen balataksensa
balatoikseen balatoiksensa
abessive
balatattaan balatattansa
balatoittaan balatoittansa
instructive
comitative
—balatoineen balatoinensa :

## French
### Noun

balata m (plural balatas)
* balata

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balatá.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈla.ta/
* Rhymes: -ata
* Syllabification: ba‧la‧ta

### Noun

balata f
* (countable) balata (Manilkara bidentata)
* (uncountable) balata (latex acquired from the tree)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* balata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Sicilian
### Etymology

Unknown, maybe from Arabic بَلَاط (balāṭ) or French

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbalat̪a/
* Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ta

### Noun

balata f (plural balati)
* marble slab
* by extension, headstone

## Spanish
### Noun

balata f (plural balatas)
* brake lining
    Synonym: ferodo

#### See also

* zapata

### Further reading

* “balata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
* “balata” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010
* balata | Diccionario del español de México

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English balata, from Spanish.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈlata/, [ba̠ˈla̠ta̠], [bɑ̟ˈlɑ̟tɑ̟]

### Noun

balata
* latex, rubber (material)
* waistbelt
* bullwhip, rubber baton

### Verb

balata
* to bullwhip