# tauta
## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝u̯t̪ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑutɑ
* Hyphenation: tau‧ta

### Noun

tauta
* partitive singular of tau

### Anagrams

* -uttaa, autat

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʰøyːta/
* Rhymes: -øyːta

### Verb

tauta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tautaði, supine tautað)
* to mutter

#### Related terms

* taut (“muttering, mumbling”)

## Latgalian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tautāˀ. Cognates include Latvian tauta and Lithuanian tauta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtàu̯ta]
* Hyphenation: tau‧ta

### Noun

tauta f
* people, nation
** 1973, M. Bukšs, J. Placinskis, Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page 17:VOLŪDAS UN TAUTAS IZPLATEIBA SENOTNĒTHE SPREAD OF THE LANGUAGE AND PEOPLE IN THE ANTIQUITY

#### Declension
### References

* M. Bukšs, J. Placinskis (1973) Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page 407

## Latvian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tawtā-, from Proto-Indo-European *towtā, an o-grade form of *tewtā-, *tewtéh₂ (“throng, multitude; people; land”), from the stem *tew- (“to swell”).
This word had several meanings in its history, often still found in folk tales: “(group of) foreigners,” “strangers,” “enemy tribe,” etc. (Compare Proto-Slavic *ťȗďь). In the 17th century, ļaudis, not tauta, was used in the sense of “people, nation.” In translations of German texts, (non-native) translators often used tauta to mean also “tribe,” “nation,” “(social) group” (compare German Geschlecht, Gattung), even “(animal or vegetal) species.” In the 19th century, the range of uses was narrowed, especially in the 1850s and 1860s with the first Latvian National Awakening, where the word tauta became associated with the idea of “nation” and was first used to refer to the Latvian people. It then stabilized with its current (political-ethnographic) meaning. Cognates include Lithuanian tautà, Sudovian taud (from *tauta), Old Prussian tauto (“land”), Proto-Germanic *þeudō (Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (þiuda), Old English þeod, Old High German diot, German deutsch, from *þiudiskaz), Old Irish túath (“people, tribe”), Oscan touto (“country, citizens, community”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tàwta]
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### Noun

tauta f (4th declension)
* people, nation (historically formed group of people, usually having a common culture, language, and territory)
    latviešu tauta ― the Latvian people, nation
    lietuviešu tauta ― the Lithuanian people, nation
    vācu tauta ― the German people, nation
    tautas izcelšanās ― the origin, ethnogenesis of a nation
    tautas vēsture ― people's, national history
    tautu draudzība ― friendship among nations
    kultūras tauta ― cultured, cultivated nation
    tautas gars ― national spirit (= cultural, spiritual, psychological specificity)
* (in the genitive, used adjectivally) people's, popular, folk, national (that which is typical or traditional of a nation)
    tautas daiļrade ― folk, national creation, art
    tautas māksla ― folk, popular art
    tautas teikas ― folk legends
    tautas daiļamatniecība ― folk craft
    tautas mūzika, dejas ― folk music, dances
    tautas dziesma ― folk song, verse
    tautas ticējumi ― folk beliefs
    tautas ēdieni ― popular, ethnic food
    tautas tērps ― folk, ethnic costume
    tautas eposs ― folk epic
    tautas medicīna, ārstniecība ― folk medicine
* people (group of inhabitants of a given area)
    Latvijas tauta ― the people of Latvia
    tautas skaitīšana ― census (lit. people counting)
* (in the genitive, used adjectivally) popular, people's (that which was made by, is typical of, the people of a certain area; that which defends their interests)
    tautas izglītības sistēma ― popular education system
    tautas fronte ― popular front
* people (a large number of individuals; people in general)
    mašīnā tagad tautas ir vairāk, visiem sēdvietu nepietiek ― there are more people in the car now, there won't be enough sitting space for all
    viņš gaida, kad sanāks vairāk tautas ― he waited for (the time) when more people would come
    tauta runā, ka tu institūtā tikpat kā neesot redzēts ― people are saying that it's as if you haven't been seen at the institute (= that you haven't been there often enough)
* (colloquial) people (a group of individuals with some specific characteristic feature)
    zvejnieki ir trūcīga tauta ― fishermen are a poor people
    mēs, mākslinieki, esam nelaimīga tauta ― we, the artists, are an unhappy people
    bērniem, bērniem vajag rakstīt! tā ir vispateicīgākā tauta ― the children, the children must write! they are (lit. that is) the most promising, gratifying people
    kaķi vispār ir tāda tauta, no kuras nezini, ko kurā brīdī sagaidīsi ― cats in general are such a people, from which you don't know what and when to expect
* (in folklore; usually plural) people from another region, family group, village
    tautu meita ― (lit. daughter of the people) young woman from another region or family group
    tautu dēls ― (lit. son of the people) young man from another region or family group

#### Synonyms

* nācija
* tautība

#### Derived terms

* starptautisks, starptautiskums
* tautība
* tautietis, tautiete
* tautisks, tautiskums

### References

* ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “tauta”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *t(j)autāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.

### Noun

tautà f (plural taũtos) stress pattern 4
* land, region, country

#### Declension
### References

* “tauta”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

## Old Norse
### Etymology

Among a class of words with similar beginnings such as þjóta (“to make a whistling sound”), þys (“din, disturbance”), all related to Proto-Germanic *þeutaną (“to roar, howl”).

### Verb

tauta
* to mutter, murmur

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: tauta

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tauta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1097”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1097