# ata
## Albanian
### Etymology

From the accusative Proto-Albanian *a-ta, compound of proclitic particle a and demonstrative ta, from Proto-Indo-European *tóms, masculine accusative plural of *só m (“that (one)”) (compare Latin istud, English that).
Older and dialectal varieties retain ablative asish, acish, from a + Proto-Albanian *tsj(a)isu, from *ḱjoisu, locative of Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this (one)”) (compare English he).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈta/

### Pronoun

ata m pl (accusative ata, dative atyre, ablative atyre)
* they

### Pronoun

ata n sg (accusative ata, dative atij, ablative (a)tij)
* (archaic) it

#### Declension
### See also
## Asturian
### Verb

ata
* third-person singular present indicative of atar
* second-person singular imperative of atar

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ata / *ete. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰀 (t¹a /⁠ata⁠/).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɑˈtɑ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ata (definite accusative atanı, plural atalar)
* father
    Synonyms: (colloquial) dədə, (informal) papa
    Hyponyms: valideyn (“parent”), ata-ana (“parents”)
    Coordinate term: ana (“mother”)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Ata / *Ete”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

### Further reading

* “ata” in Obastan.com.

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

* IPA: /ʔaˈta/ [ʔaˈta]
* Hyphenation: a‧ta

#### Noun

atá (Basahan spelling ᜀᜆ)
* rice bran

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔataʔ/ [ˈʔa.taʔ]
* Hyphenation: a‧ta

#### Interjection

atà (Basahan spelling ᜀᜆ)
* (Naga) I told you already!
    Synonym: bata

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Tagalog yata.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔataʔ/ [ˈʔa.taʔ]
* Hyphenation: a‧ta

#### Adverb

atà (Basahan spelling ᜀᜆ)
* perhaps
    Synonyms: tibaad, baka, seguro

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧ta
* IPA: /ˈʔataʔ/ [ˈʔa.t̪ɐʔ]

### Noun

ata
* squid ink

## Chibcha
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ata/

### Noun

ata
* cave

### References

* Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ata / *ete.

### Noun

ata
* (obsolete) ancestor
    Synonym: selef
* (obsolete) father
    Synonyms: baba, babay
* male

#### Declension
### References

* “ata”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Dobu
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

### Numeral

ata
* four

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈata/ [ˈa.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ata
* Hyphenation: a‧ta

### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* até

#### Preposition

ata
* until, till, up to
    Synonym: deica

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ata
* inflection of atar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaːta/
* Rhymes: -aːta

### Verb

ata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ataði, supine atað)
* to make dirty [with accusative]

#### Derived terms

* útata (“to soil”)

## Igala
### Etymology 1

From á- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ta (“to be peppery, to be spicy”), literally “that which is peppery”, cognate with Yoruba ata (“pepper”)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /áta/

#### Noun

áta
* Alligator pepper
    Synonym: ákpọkọ (“pepper”)

##### Derived terms

* átalúbú (“bell pepper”)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /àtá/

#### Noun

àtá
* father

## Ikaranggal
### Verb

ata
* see

### Further reading

* Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈat̪ˠə/

### Participle

ata
* past participle of at

#### Alternative forms

* ataithe

### Noun

ata m
* genitive singular of at

### Verb

ata
* present subjunctive analytic of at

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “at”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈʔata/ [ˈʔaː.tʌ]
* Rhymes: -ata
* Syllabification: a‧ta

### Adjective

áta
* green
* raw (not mature, not dry, uncooked)

#### Derived terms

* maata

### References

* Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “áta”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 41
* Allen, Larry (2021) “áta”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary‎, Summer Institute of Linguistics

## Karaim
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ata.

### Noun

ata
* father (in Latin)

### References

* N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “ata”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

## Kunjen
### Verb

ata
* see

### Further reading

* Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

## Laboya
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaRta (“outsiders, alien people”).

### Noun

ata
* person
* servant

#### Derived terms

* ata ngade (“fool”)
* ata katuna (“old man”)

### References

* Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “ata”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 6
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaRta”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Limos Kalinga
### Noun

atá
* (anatomy) eye

## Lindu
### Noun

ata
* roof

## Lubuagan Kalinga
### Noun

ata
* (anatomy) eye

## Maia
### Noun

ata
* coconut

## Mansaka
### Noun

atà
* octopus or squid ink

## Maori
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qata (compare with Hawaiian aka, Samoan ata, and Tokelauan ata) from Proto-Oceanic *qatar “image, reflection, soul, spirit” from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatad (“appearance, mark” – compare with Malay telantar “astretched”, Iban anta “dandy, decorated”, Tagalog hantad “visible, exposed”, Cebuano angtad “in line of sight”).

### Noun

ata
* form, shape, image
* reflection
* shadow

### Derived terms

* ataata
* atārangi
* atāta
* whakaata

### References

* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qata”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 205

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *ata (compare with Hawaiian aka, Samoan ata, and Tokelauan ata). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

ata
* morning

### Derived terms

* ata mārie

### References

* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “ata.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

### Further reading

* Williams, Herbert William (1917) “ata”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 21-2
* “ata” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Meriam
### Noun

ata
* grandparent

## Mussau-Emira
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

### Numeral

ata
* four

## Nauruan
### Etymology

From Pre-Nauruan *ita, possibly from Proto-Micronesian *ita (“pile up”). Compare Proto-Central Micronesian *-itaki "counter for tens".

### Numeral

ata
* ten

## Nheengatu
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi atá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ata, from Proto-Tupian *atʲa.

### Noun

atá
* fire

### References

* LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Pequeno Vocabulário Tupi–Português. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1951.

## Numbami
### Alternative forms

* wata

### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

### Numeral

ata
* Alternative form of wata

## Old Irish
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ada/

#### Verb

ata
* third-person plural present indicative relative of is

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈtaː/

#### Verb

a·ta
* Alternative spelling of at·tá

## Old Leonese
### Etymology

Possibly from Arabic حَتَّى (ḥattā), Latin ad ista (“to this”) or Latin ad tenus (“as far as”) (>"ad tenes"). Compare Spanish hasta, Portuguese até.

### Preposition

ata
* until
** 1017, "Fuero de León"‎‎:non faga poblacion ata ena uilla. [...] non lo podierem prender ata IX. diasdon't "make population"(unclear) until in the town. [...] they couldn't get him until 4 days.
** 1085, "Fuero de Avilés"‎:ata que non vissemt tota illa gente movuda. [...] cavallario de boca de Valcálcer ata Leo(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1243, "Venta de una heredad en Villar"‎:de la gram cousa ata la pechena(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1243, "Venta de una heredad en Villar"‎:de la gram cousa ata la pechena(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1275, "Piece of a Testament"‎:quantos testamentos o testamento fici ata huehow many testaments or testament I did until today

#### Descendants

* Asturian: ta, ata
* Leonese: ata

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *atǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *od-, *h₃ed- (“aversion, hate”).

#### Noun

ata f
* quarrel
* a hunting

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *atōną.

#### Verb

ata
* to stimulate
* to egg on (to mischief)

##### Synonyms

* etja

## Pacoh
### Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *ʔadaa, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *da[ʔ].

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʔataː]

### Noun

ata
* (zoology) duck

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin ācta (“register of public events”).

#### Alternative forms

* acta (pre-1990 spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -atɐ
* Hyphenation: a‧ta

#### Noun

ata f (plural atas)
* minute (record of meeting)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -atɐ
* Hyphenation: a‧ta

#### Verb

ata
* inflection of atar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈta/

#### Interjection

ata
* (Brazil, Internet slang, nonstandard) Alternative form of ah, tá

#### See also

* ava
* aê
* aé

### Further reading

* “ata”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Sotho
### Etymology

Cognate with Zulu -anda.

### Verb

ata
* to increase, to multiply

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈata/ [ˈa.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ata
* Syllabification: a‧ta

### Verb

ata
* inflection of atar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔataʔ/ [ˈʔaː.t̪ɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -ataʔ
* Syllabification: a‧ta

#### Particle

atà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ)
* Alternative form of yata: may; perhaps; I think

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔata/ [ˈʔaː.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ata
* Syllabification: a‧ta

#### Determiner

ata (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ) (now dialectal, in the dual, inclusive)
* our; my and your

#### Pronoun

ata (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ) (now dialectal, in the dual, inclusive)
* (possessive) ours; of the two of us
* (oblique) (to) the two of us

#### See also

| Person | Number | Direct (ang) | Indirect (ng) | Oblique (sa) |
| First | singular | ako | ko | akin |
| First | dual$^1$ | kita, kata | nita, nata, ta | kanita, kanata, ata |
| First | plural inclusive | tayo | natin | atin |
| First | plural exclusive | kami | namin | amin |
| First & Second | singular | kita$^2$ | kita$^2$ | |
| Second | singular | ikaw, ka | mo | iyo |
| Second | plural | kayo, kamo | ninyo, niyo | inyo |
| Third | singular | siya | niya | kaniya |
| Third | plural | sila | nila | kanila |
| $^1$ First person dual pronouns are not commonly used in Standard Tagalog. $^2$ Replaces ko ikaw. |||||

## Tahitian
### Noun

ata
* cloud

## Ternate
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa.ta]

#### Noun

ata
* (anatomy) chest

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈ(ʔ)a.ta]

#### Verb

ata
* (transitive) to bring

##### Conjugation
#### References

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

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa.ta]
* Hyphenation: a‧ta

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qa-ta.

#### Determiner

ata
* (alienable) my

##### Usage notes

* ata is commonly used in place of aku to arouse the listener’s sympathy about some predicament that one is in.

##### See also

$^{1)}$ Sympathetic

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *ata. Cognates include Hawaiian aka, Maori ata, and Samoan ata.

#### Noun

ata
* image, shape
* daybreak, dawn
* picture, photograph
* diagram, scheme
* reflection
* film, movie

#### Verb

ata
* (stative) to be visible
* (intransitive) to become understood

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *ata. Cognates include Pukapukan ata.

#### Particle

ata
* Used to indicate one's ability to perform the action of the following verb; be able to

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 19

## Torres Strait Creole
### Etymology

From Meriam ata.

### Noun

ata
* (eastern dialect) grandparent
    Synonyms: pop, popa

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈta/
* Hyphenation: a‧ta

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ata. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰀 (t¹a /⁠ata⁠/).

#### Noun

ata (definite accusative atayı, plural atalar)
* ancestor, forefather
* predecessor, forerunner
* (dated) father

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
ata
atalar
definite accusative
atayı
ataları
dative
ataya
atalara
locative
atada
atalarda
ablative
atadan
atalardan
genitive
atanın
ataların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
atam
atalarım
2nd singular
atan
ataların
3rd singular
atası
ataları
1st plural
atamız
atalarımız
2nd plural
atanız
atalarınız
3rd plural
ataları
ataları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
atamı
atalarımı
2nd singular
atanı
atalarını
3rd singular
atasını
atalarını
1st plural
atamızı
atalarımızı
2nd plural
atanızı
atalarınızı
3rd plural
atalarını
atalarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
atama
atalarıma
2nd singular
atana
atalarına
3rd singular
atasına
atalarına
1st plural
atamıza
atalarımıza
2nd plural
atanıza
atalarınıza
3rd plural
atalarına
atalarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
atamda
atalarımda
2nd singular
atanda
atalarında
3rd singular
atasında
atalarında
1st plural
atamızda
atalarımızda
2nd plural
atanızda
atalarınızda
3rd plural
atalarında
atalarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
atamdan
atalarımdan
2nd singular
atandan
atalarından
3rd singular
atasından
atalarından
1st plural
atamızdan
atalarımızdan
2nd plural
atanızdan
atalarınızdan
3rd plural
atalarından
atalarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
atamın
atalarımın
2nd singular
atanın
atalarının
3rd singular
atasının
atalarının
1st plural
atamızın
atalarımızın
2nd plural
atanızın
atalarınızın
3rd plural
atalarının
atalarının :

##### Derived terms

* atabey
* atacı
* atalı
* atasız
* atasözü
* Atatürk
* atayla
* ataysa
* Atayurt
* atiyye
* ita
* kaynata
* matiyye

#### See also

* cet
* ecdat

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ata
* dative singular of at

## Turkmen
### Noun

ata
* (Formal, chiefly Yomut) father
* (Teke) paternal grandfather

### Noun

ata
* dative singular of at

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* ataf, ato

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈata/

### Pronoun

ata
* (colloquial) first-person singular of at

## Wolio
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ata/

### Noun

ata
* roof

### References

* Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* ita (Ìlàjẹ, Ìkálẹ̀, Ọ̀wọ̀)
* uta (Ào, Èkìtì)

### Etymology

From a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ ta (“to be peppery, to be spicy”), literally “that which is peppery”, cognate with Igala áta

### Pronunciation

IPA: /ā.tā/

### Noun

ata
* pepper, spice

#### Derived terms

* ata díndín (“fried pepper”)
* ata dúdú
* ata rodo (“Scotch bonnet”)
* ata ṣọ̀m̀bọ̀
* ata ṣọ̀rọ̀
* ata tàtàṣé (“bell pepper”)
* ata wẹ́wẹ́
* ata ìjọ̀sì
* ataare (“Guinea pepper”)
* atalẹ̀ (“ginger”)
* májata (“mouth sore; peptic ulcer”)
* ìlọta (“blender, grounding machine”)

## Yup'ik
### Noun

ata
* Alternative form of aata

### Interjection

ata
* (phrase) look here!, let me see!, well then!

#### Alternative forms

* ata'a
* atak
* ataki

#### Related terms

* atam (look!)

## Zazaki
### Noun

ata (c)
* beyond
* over