# nata
## Albanian
### Noun

nata
* definite nominative singular of natë

## Balinese
### Romanization

nata
* Romanization of ᬦᬵᬝ
* Romanization of ᬦᬵᬣ

## Big Nambas
### Etymology

From na- + Proto-Oceanic *tasik, the latter from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik. Compare South Efate natas, North Efate natasi, Fijian taci and Maori tai

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nata/

### Noun

nata
* sea

### References

* Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

## Bikol Central
### Alternative forms

* ngata, nyata

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnataʔ/ [ˈn̪a.taʔ]
* Hyphenation: na‧ta

### Adverb

natà (Basahan spelling ᜈᜆ)
* (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon, interrogative) why
    Synonyms: tano, hadaw, bakin, tadaw, porke

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *natta, from Latin matta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈna.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈna.ta]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Noun

nata f (plural nates)
* cream (dairy product)

### Further reading

* “nata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “nata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “nata” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “nata” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Finnish
### Etymology

Unknown. Seemingly first used for chickweed.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɑtɑ/, [ˈnɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
* Hyphenation: na‧ta

### Noun

nata
* (botany) fescue (Festuca)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of nata (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
natani
natani
accusative
nom.
natani
natani
gen.
natani
genitive
natani
natojeni nataini $^{rare}$
partitive
nataani
natojani
inessive
nadassani
nadoissani
elative
nadastani
nadoistani
illative
nataani
natoihini
adessive
nadallani
nadoillani
ablative
nadaltani
nadoiltani
allative
nadalleni
nadoilleni
essive
natanani
natoinani
translative
nadakseni
nadoikseni
abessive
nadattani
nadoittani
instructive
comitative
—natoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
natasi
natasi
accusative
nom.
natasi
natasi
gen.
natasi
genitive
natasi
natojesi nataisi $^{rare}$
partitive
nataasi
natojasi
inessive
nadassasi
nadoissasi
elative
nadastasi
nadoistasi
illative
nataasi
natoihisi
adessive
nadallasi
nadoillasi
ablative
nadaltasi
nadoiltasi
allative
nadallesi
nadoillesi
essive
natanasi
natoinasi
translative
nadaksesi
nadoiksesi
abessive
nadattasi
nadoittasi
instructive
comitative
—natoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
natamme
natamme
accusative
nom.
natamme
natamme
gen.
natamme
genitive
natamme
natojemme nataimme $^{rare}$
partitive
nataamme
natojamme
inessive
nadassamme
nadoissamme
elative
nadastamme
nadoistamme
illative
nataamme
natoihimme
adessive
nadallamme
nadoillamme
ablative
nadaltamme
nadoiltamme
allative
nadallemme
nadoillemme
essive
natanamme
natoinamme
translative
nadaksemme
nadoiksemme
abessive
nadattamme
nadoittamme
instructive
comitative
—natoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
natanne
natanne
accusative
nom.
natanne
natanne
gen.
natanne
genitive
natanne
natojenne natainne $^{rare}$
partitive
nataanne
natojanne
inessive
nadassanne
nadoissanne
elative
nadastanne
nadoistanne
illative
nataanne
natoihinne
adessive
nadallanne
nadoillanne
ablative
nadaltanne
nadoiltanne
allative
nadallenne
nadoillenne
essive
natananne
natoinanne
translative
nadaksenne
nadoiksenne
abessive
nadattanne
nadoittanne
instructive
comitative
—natoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
natansa
natansa
accusative
nom.
natansa
natansa
gen.
natansa
genitive
natansa
natojensa natainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
nataansa
natojaan natojansa
inessive
nadassaan nadassansa
nadoissaan nadoissansa
elative
nadastaan nadastansa
nadoistaan nadoistansa
illative
nataansa
natoihinsa
adessive
nadallaan nadallansa
nadoillaan nadoillansa
ablative
nadaltaan nadaltansa
nadoiltaan nadoiltansa
allative
nadalleen nadallensa
nadoilleen nadoillensa
essive
natanaan natanansa
natoinaan natoinansa
translative
nadakseen nadaksensa
nadoikseen nadoiksensa
abessive
nadattaan nadattansa
nadoittaan nadoittansa
instructive
comitative
—natoineen natoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* natanen
* rainata
* häntänata
* lampaannata
* nurminata
* ruokonata

### Further reading

* “nata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* -ntaa, taan

## Galician
### Etymology

1257. Probably from the same origin as the French natte (“mat”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnata/ [ˈna.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ata
* Hyphenation: na‧ta

### Noun

nata f (plural natas)
* cream
* milk skin
    Synonym: tona

#### Related terms

* nateira
* papanatas

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nata”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nata”, 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), “nata”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nata”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “nata”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈna.ta/
* Rhymes: -ata
* Hyphenation: nà‧ta

### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Participle

nata f sg
* feminine singular of nato

#### Adjective

nata f sg
* feminine singular of nato
* née

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

nata
* inflection of natare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Tana, anta, tana

## Japanese
### Romanization

nata
* Rōmaji transcription of なた

## Latin

Picture dictionary :
Network Diagram for Roman Extended Families
atavia
atavus
abavia
abavus
proavia
proavus
avia
/ ava māterna
avus māternus
avia
/ ava paterna
avus paternus
cōnsobrīna
/ mātruēlis
cōnsobrīnus
/ mātruēlis
patruēlis
patruēlis
mātertera
avunculus
amita
patruus
/ barbās
māter
pater
sobrīna
/neptis
/neptia
sobrīnus
/ nepōs
frātruēlis
/neptis
/neptia
nepōs
/frātruus
/frātruēlis
sorōrius
/marītus sorōris
soror
frāter
frātria
/ uxor frātris
socrus
socer
/patraster
socrus
socer
/patraster
soror uxōris
frāter uxōris
glōs
lēvir
uxor
/marīta
/coniunx
/nūpta
marītus
/coniunx
gener
/ fīliaster
fīlia
/ nāta
fīlius
/ nātus
nurus
/ fīliastra
prōgener
neptis
/neptia
nepōs
prōnurus
proneptis
pronepōs
abneptis
abnepōs :

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈnaː.ta/, [ˈnäːt̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈna.ta/, [ˈnäːt̪ä]

### Noun

nāta f (genitive nātae); first declension
* female child, daughter
* (in general, informal) girl (poss. under Gaulish influence)

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* Spanish: nada

### Verb

natā
* second-person singular present active imperative of natō

### Participle

nāta
* inflection of nātus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Participle

nātā
* ablative feminine singular of nātus

### References

* “nata”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “nata”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "nata", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. (ambiguous) according to circumstances: pro re (nata), pro tempore
* ↑ J. N. Adams, James Noel Adams, Senior Research Fellow in Classics J N Adams (2003 January 9) Bilingualism and the Latin Language‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 196–

## Old Norse
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *natǭ of unclear origin.

### Noun

nata ?
* spear
* nettle

#### Descendants

* Faroese: nota
* Gutnish: nata
* Norwegian Nynorsk: nata
* ⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: brennuttu

## Polish
### Etymology

From na.

### Pronunciation

* (Masovia):
** (Far Masovian) IPA: /ˈna.ta/

### Interjection

nata
* (Far Masovian, to a group of people) take it! here!
    Coordinate term: (singular) na

### Further reading

* Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “nata”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 115

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈna.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -atɐ
* Hyphenation: na‧ta

### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *natta, variant of Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)).

#### Alternative forms

* natta (obsolete)

#### Noun

nata f (plural natas)
* cream (oily part of milk)
* (in the plural) whipped cream
* (figurative) cream of the crop (the best of something)
** 1978, Chico Buarque (lyrics and music), “Homenagem ao Malandro [Homage to the Scoundrel]”, in Chico Buarque, Phonogram:Eu fui fazer um samba em homenagem / À nata da malandragemI went to write a samba in homage / To the cream of swindling
* (figurative) the elite; high society
    Synonyms: alta sociedade, elite
* Ellipsis of pastel de nata.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

nata
* feminine singular of nato

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French natte (“mat”), in the sense of cream covering milk as a mat covers a floor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnata/ [ˈna.t̪a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ata
* Syllabification: na‧ta

### Noun

nata f (plural natas)
* cream (dairy product)
    Synonym: crema f
* skin (on boiled milk)
* elite
    Synonym: élite
* (in the plural) whipped cream; custard
    Synonym: chantillí

#### Derived terms

* flor y nata
* nata de coco
* nata montada
* natilla f
* papanatas

### Adjective

nata f
* feminine singular of nato

### References

* ↑ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, volume II, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

### Further reading

* “nata”, 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

## Swahili
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɑ.tɑ/
* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Adjective

nata (invariable)
* sticky
    Mapendekezo ya mada nata ― Sticky topic suggestions
    Kukabiliana na mambo nata ― To deal with sticky issues

### Verb

-nata (infinitive kunata)
* to be viscous
* to stick, to adhere to
* to be concentrated on

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -nata :
| Positive present | -nanata |
| Subjunctive | -nate |
| Negative | -nati |
| Imperative singular | nata |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kunata |
| Negative | kutonata |
Imperatives :
| Singular | nata |
| Plural | nateni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hunata |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -linata |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kunata |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tanata |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tanata |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sinate |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngenata |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singenata |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalinata |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalinata |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -menata |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshanata |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -janata |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kinata |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -siponata |
| Consecutive | kanata / positive subject concord + -kanata |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kanate |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

## Tolomako
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *mata.

### Noun

nata
* eye