# bata
## English
### Alternative forms

* batá, bàtá

### Etymology

From Yoruba bàtá.

### Noun

bata (plural bata)
* A ceremonial double-headed drum played in triplet in the religion of santería, especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico, originally from the Yoruba of Nigeria.
** 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “The Rhythm of the Saints”, in The Coast, Warner Bros.:Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine.
** 2019, Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Hamish Hamilton, page 283:Five drummers in front setting the dance—three beating barrel drums, a fourth beating a double-skin bata, and the fifth beating four small bata tied together.

### Anagrams

* AABT, ABTA

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈta/ [bʌˈtʌ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ta

### Noun

batá f
* doum fruit

#### References

* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Balinese
### Romanization

bata
* Romanization of ᬩᬢ (“brick”)
* Romanization of ᬪᬝ (“servant; soldier”)

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bata/ [ba.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ata, -a
* Hyphenation: ba‧ta

### Etymology 1

From bat (“one, some”) +‎ -a (definite article).

#### Numeral

bata
* absolutive singular of bat (“one”)

#### Pronoun

bata (indefinite)
* one, someone

##### Usage notes

* Southern dialects tend to use this form in all cases rather than bat.
* When used in coordination with bestea (“other, another”), the indefinite form isn't used.

##### Derived terms

* bata bestearen gainka

### Etymology 2

From Spanish bata (“dressing gown”).

#### Noun

bata inan
* dressing gown, robe

##### Declension
### Further reading

* “bata”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Bikol Central
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈtaʔ/ [baˈtaʔ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ta

#### Noun

batâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆ)
* stink; stench; reek
    Synonym: bangog
    Antonym: hamot

##### Derived terms

* mabata
* magbata

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbataʔ/ [ˈba.taʔ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ta

#### Noun

batà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆ)
* (Naga, informal) lover; partner
    Synonyms: ilusyon, piday, katrato

##### Derived terms

* bataon
* magbata

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish bata.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbata/ [ˈba.ta]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ta

#### Noun

báta (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆ)
* robe

##### Related terms

* bata de banyo
* sotana

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbataʔ/ [ˈba.taʔ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ta

#### Interjection

batà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆ)
* Alternative form of atà (“I told you”)

## Butuanon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq.

### Noun

bata
* child

## Cebuano
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbataʔ/ [ˈba.t̪ɐʔ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ta

#### Noun

batà (Badlit spelling ᜊᜆ)
* child
* juvenile; young
* sprout
* protégé of someone of higher rank
    Synonym: bata-bata
* (colloquial) mistress
    Synonyms: kabit, kerida

#### Adjective

batà (Badlit spelling ᜊᜆ)
* young
    Antonym: tigulang

#### Verb

batà
* to spend someone's early years in; to spend childhood years in
* to grow up by or in an area or town

##### Derived terms

* bata sa tiyan
* bata-bata (“bodyguard; right-hand man; protegé; younger”)
* bata-bataon (“childish”)
* batan-on (“young; youthful”)
* batang babaye (“girl”)
* batang gamay (“toddler”)
* batang lalaki (“boy”)
* batang linti (“tough guy”)
* batang masuso (“infant”)
* bataon
* bataot (“childish”)
* binata (“acting like a child; to act like a child”)
* kabata (“childhood friend”)
* kabataan (“children”)
* kabatan-on (“childhood days”)
* kabatan-onan
* pakabata

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish bata.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbata/ [ˈba.t̪ɐ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ta

#### Noun

bata
* woman's nightgown

##### Related terms

* bata debanyo
* bathrobe

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbata/ [ˈba.t̪ɐ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ta

#### Verb

báta (Badlit spelling ᜊᜆ)
* to divide into equal parts or bundles to be sold

##### Derived terms

* batabata
* to estimate the quantity of something

### Further reading

* Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851) Diccionario bisaya-español‎ (overall work in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País
* “bata” in Pinoy Dictionary, Cyberspace.ph, 2010-2022.

### Anagrams

* abat, abta, atab, baat

## Chavacano
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Spanish bata (“robe”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbata/, [ˈba.t̪a]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ta

#### Noun

báta
* house gown; dressing gown

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Cebuano bata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbataʔ/, [ˈba.t̪aʔ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ta

#### Noun

batà
* (Zamboangueño) child
    Synonyms: anak, (Zamboangueño) chiquillo, (Ternateño, Caviteño) criatura, (Zamboangueño) niño

## Chichewa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɓá.ta/

### Noun

báta class 5
* quietness

## Crimean Tatar
### Noun

bata (Northern dialect)
* little brother

#### Usage notes

* Corresponding words in standard Crimean Tatar: kadâ, qardaş.

#### Synonyms

* mata, qardaş

## Dibabawon Manobo
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq.

### Noun

batà
* child; baby

## Ede Idaca
### Etymology

Cognates include Edo ibata and Yoruba bàtà

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bà.tà/

### Noun

bàtà
* shoe

### References

* Baloubi, Désiré (2005) The Morphophonemics of the Idaacha dialect of Yoruba‎, Charlotte, North Carolina: Conquering Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 41

## Galician
### Verb

bata
* inflection of bater:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Garo
### Verb

bata
* to cross, to pass

## Higaonon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq.

### Noun

bata
* child
* offspring

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish bata.

#### Noun

báta
* nightshirt, nightgown

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq.

#### Noun

batà
* child, baby, boy, girl
* son, daughter
* servant

#### Verb

batà
* to give birth

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

batâ
* uncle

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bata]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ta

### Noun

bata
* brick:
** a hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.

## Igbo
### Etymology

From ba (“enter”) + -tá (“towards”).

### Verb

batá
* to enter, to come in.

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.ta/
* Rhymes: -ta
* Hyphenation: ba‧ta

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay bata (“brick”). Cognate of Balinese ᬩᬢ (bata, “brick”), Javanese ꦧꦠ (bata, “brick, brick wall; cube”), Old Javanese bata (“brick; wall”).

#### Noun

bata
* brick
** a hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
    Synonym: batu bata
** something shaped like a brick.

##### Derived terms

* bata api
* bata biru
* bata emas
* bata garam
* bata mentah
* bata ringan
* batu bata

### Etymology 2

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq. Compare to Tagalog bata (“child”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

bata
* marriage between siblings and siblings at the same time.

### Further reading

* “bata” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English batte (“bat”), from Old French batte (“pestle”), from the verb batre (“to beat”), from Latin battuō, perhaps of Celtic origin.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Aran) IPA: /ˈbˠɑt̪ˠə/
* (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /ˈbˠat̪ˠə/

### Noun

bata m (genitive singular bata, nominative plural bataí)
* stick
* baton
* gust (of wind)
* measure (of drink)

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
bata
bataí
vocative
a bhata
a bhataí
genitive
bata
bataí
dative
bata
bataí
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an bata
na bataí
genitive
an bhata
na mbataí
dative
leis an mbata don bhata
leis na bataí :

#### Derived terms

* bata túise (“joss-stick”)
* bata cogaidh (“knapweed”)
* bata druma (“drumstick”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 33
* ↑ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 255, page 58
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 129, page 49

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bata”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bata”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bata”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “bata”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Jamamadí
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

bata
* (Banawá) rotten

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

bata
* (Banawá) to pick

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Javanese
### Romanization

bata
* Romanization of ꦧꦠ

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese bata.

### Noun

bata
* uniform
* apron

### References

* Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

## Makasae
### Noun

bata
* stalk

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian patiri, from Vulgar Latin *patīre, from Latin patī. An early borrowing, as attested by the initial b-; compare biċċa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaː.ta/
* Homophones: bagħta, bagħatha (except archaically)
* Rhymes: -aːta

### Verb

bata (imperfect jbati, verbal noun tbatija)
* to suffer
** 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:Wara l-bibien, fit-tul tat-toroq twal, batejt il-għeja il-qtigħ ta’ qalb, batejt fuq kollox il-mistħija; iżda ġarrabt ukoll il-ferħ u l-għaxqa li kull tallab iħoss x’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu bil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation
## Maranao
### Noun

bata
* concrete, cement

## Marshallese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English father, from Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

### Pronunciation

* (phonetic) IPA: [pˠɑːdˠɑ], (enunciated) [pˠɑ tˠɑ]
* (phonemic) IPA: /pˠæɰtˠæɰ/
* Bender phonemes: {bahtah}

### Noun

bata
* a priest

### Verb

bata
* to be a priest

### References

* Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɑː.tɑ/

### Noun

bāta
* genitive/nominative/accusative plural of bāt

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Unknown, probably inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buRtaq (“earth, soil, mud”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.ta/
* Rhymes: -ta
* Homophones: bata, bhaṭa
* Hyphenation: ba‧ta

### Noun

bata
* brick
    Synonyms: aśmawiṣṭaka, bata, rimbag, iṣṭakā, wiṣṭaka
* wall
    Synonyms: āwaraṇa, bata, kaṇṭa, kuṭa, lalayan, laleyan, leleyan, pacira, parigi, sarisig, tambak, tambĕṅ, taraṅ, tarib, tawiṅ, tawuṅ, tĕruṅ

#### Derived terms

* abata
* abata-bata
* ambata
* bataṅ
* pabata

#### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦧꦠ (bata) (inherited)
* >? Balinese: ᬩᬢ (bata)
* >? Malay: bata
** > Indonesian: bata (inherited)
** → Iban: bata
** → Maranao: bata

### Further reading

* "bata" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

bata m
* genitive singular of bat

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -atɐ
* Hyphenation: ba‧ta

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

bata f (plural batas)
* white coat
    Synonym: jaleco
** 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho, page 26:[…] depois levantou-se, despiu a bata em movimentos cansados, lentos.[…] next he got up and took off his white coat with tired, slow movements.
* Alternative form of boitatá

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

bata
* inflection of bater:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English batte, from Old French batte. Akin to Irish bata.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaʰtə/

### Noun

bata m (plural bataichean)
* a staff, a walking stick

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

bata (Cyrillic spelling бата)
* genitive singular of bat

## Shona
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jípata.

### Verb

-bátá (infinitive kubátá)
* hold, grasp
* touch

## Sotho
### Verb

bata
* to be cold

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbata/ [ˈba.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ata
* Syllabification: ba‧ta

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French ouate.

#### Noun

bata f (plural batas)
* dressing gown, robe
* lab coat
* smock

##### Derived terms

* bata de baño
* bata de cola
* bata de maternidad
* batero
* batón

##### Related terms

* batín
* guata

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tagalog bata (or from the same word in other Philippine languages, such as Cebuano bata, Hiligaynon bata, etc).

#### Noun

bata m (plural batas)
* (Philippines) child

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

bata
* inflection of batir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “bata”, 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

## Sundanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈta/

### Noun

bata (Sundanese script ᮘᮒ)
* brick (a hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building, paving, or masonry.)
* A unit of area equivalent to a square tumbak or five-hundredth of a bahu, roughly 14 square meters

### Further reading

* 'BATA', in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij
* Volksalmanak Soenda XII (in Sundanese), Bale Poestaka (Balai Pustaka), 1930, II. Oekoeran Djeung Timbangan

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ), بَطَّة (baṭṭa).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

bata class V (plural mabata class VI)
* duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)

#### Derived terms

* bata bukini (“goose”)
* bata mzinga (“turkey”)

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq. Also possibly from Sanskrit वत्स (vatsa, “child, offspring”) or Sanskrit बटु (baṭu, “boy, lad, youth”). Compare Tausug bata'.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbataʔ/ [ˈbaː.t̪ɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -ataʔ
* Syllabification: ba‧ta

#### Noun

batà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆ)
* child; kid
    Synonyms: paslit, bulilit
** 2020, Ervin Santiago, “Frankie tinawag na ‘KSP at miserableng bata’ ng basher: Be like your Ate KC!”, in Bandera‎:WALANG patumanggang tinawag ng basher si Frankie Pangilinan na miserableng bata na uhaw sa atensyon.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* follower; supporter
* protégé
* (colloquial) sweetheart; boyfriend or girlfriend
    Synonyms: kasintahan, katipan, kasuyo, (male) nobyo, (female) nobya, (slang) siyota, (slang) jowa
* (colloquial) mistress; paramour
    Synonyms: kaapid, kabit, kalaguyo

##### Derived terms

* atab
* bata-bataan
* batang hamog
* batang kalye
* batang pulot
* batang tapon
* bumata
* isip-bata
* kababata
* kabata
* kabataan
* magbata-bataan
* magloob-bata
* magpabata
* magpakabata
* noong bata pa si Sabel
* pabatain
* pagkabata
* pagloobang-bata
* pagpapabata
* pambata
* patay kang bata ka

##### See also

* balubata
* siyota
* talubata

#### Adjective

batà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆ)
* young
* junior; younger
* childish; childlike

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish bata, from French ouate.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbata/ [ˈbaː.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ata
* Syllabification: ba‧ta

#### Noun

bata (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆ)
* house gown; dressing gown
* robe (loose, outer garment)
* (strictly) bathrobe
    Synonym: bata de-banyo

##### Derived terms

* bata de-banyo
* batang pantulong
* magbata

### Etymology 3

Possibly from Sanskrit वठ् (vaṭh, “to be able”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /baˈta/ [bɐˈt̪a]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ba‧ta

#### Noun

batá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆ)
* ability to endure pain, hardship, etc.
    Synonyms: tiis, tiyaga, agwanta, kawasa, pasensiya

##### Derived terms

* batahin
* bathin
* bumata
* di-mabata
* ipabata
* mabata
* magbata
* magpabata
* mapagbata
* pagbabata

### Further reading

* “bata”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “bata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 16

### Anagrams

* taba, abat, baat

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈba.ta]

### Verb

bata
* (stative) to be spotted

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology 1

From English butter.

#### Noun

bata
* butter

### Etymology 2

Unclear; probably from English betel

#### Noun

bata
* betel
    Synonym: daka

#### See also

* buai

## Yogad
### Adjective

batá
* wet

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* ibàtà (Ọwọ)

### Etymology 1

Cognates include Edo ibata. Possibly related to or from Baatonum bataku or Baatonum bara

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bà.tà/

#### Noun

bàtà
* shoe

##### Derived terms

* sálúbàtà (“sandals”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bà.tá/

#### Noun

bàtá
* batá drum, a kind of drum sacred to the orisha Ṣàngó, it is one of the 4 families of drums (ìlù) among the Yoruba.

##### Derived terms

* alubàtá (“bàtá drummer”)

##### Descendants

* → English: bata
* → Portuguese: batá
* → Spanish: batá
* → Nupe: bàǹtá