# peta
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈpɛ.tə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈpə.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpe.ta]

### Verb

peta
* inflection of petar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Back-formation from petar (“to knock”)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɛtɐ]

#### Noun

peta f (plural petas)
* pickaxe
    Synonym: picaraña
* whim; will
    Synonym: gana

##### Related terms

* petar

#### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “peta”, 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), “peta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “peta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

peta
* inflection of petar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay peta, perhaps from Sanskrit भूपट (bhūpaṭa, “map”) as भू (bhū, “earth”) +‎ पट (paṭa, “garment”). Similar construction in Latin mappa mundī (“map”), compound of mappa (“napkin, cloth”) + mundus (“world”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pəˈta/
* Rhymes: -ta, -a
* Hyphenation: pê‧ta

### Noun

pêta (plural peta-peta)
* (geography) map (a visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features)

#### Derived terms

* dipetakan
* memetakan
* pemetaan
* perpetaan
* petaan
* terpeta

#### See also

* kartu

### Further reading

* “peta” 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.

## Malay
### Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit भूपट (bhūpaṭa, “map”) as भू (bhū, “earth”) +‎ पट (paṭa, “garment”). Similar construction in Latin mappa mundī (“map”), compound of mappa (“napkin, cloth”) + mundus (“world”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pəta/
** (Johor-Riau) IPA: [pətə]
* Rhymes: -əta, -ta, -a

### Noun

peta (Jawi spelling ڤتا, plural peta-peta, informal 1st possessive petaku, 2nd possessive petamu, 3rd possessive petanya)
* map

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* pemeta [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* petaan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
* pemetaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
* perpetaan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
* petakan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
* memetakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* dipetakan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
* terpeta [agentless action] (teR-)
* berpeta [stative / habitual] (beR-)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: peta

### Further reading

* "peta" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
* “peta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Middle Irish
### Alternative forms

* petta

### Etymology

Either of Romance origin, cognate to French petit, or from a native word, *feta, *ṡetta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpʲetə/

### Noun

peta m
* pet (usually of a tame or domesticated animal)

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* petacht

#### Descendants

* Irish: peata
* Scottish Gaelic: peata

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pet(t)a”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀧𑁂𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* पेत (Devanagari script)
* পেত (Bengali script)
* පෙත (Sinhalese script)
* ပေတ (Burmese script)
* เปต or เปตะ (Thai script)
* ᨷᩮᨲ or ᨸᩮᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ເປຕ or ເປຕະ (Lao script)
* បេត (Khmer script)
* 𑄛𑄬𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रेत (preta).

### Noun

peta m
* ghost

#### Declension
### References

* Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “peta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛ.ta/
* Rhymes: -ɛta
* Syllabification: pe‧ta

### Noun

peta m
* genitive singular of pet

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unknown.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpe.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -etɐ
* Hyphenation: pe‧ta

### Noun

peta f (plural petas)
* fib

### References

* ↑ “peta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “peta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* petta (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

### Etymology

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

### Noun

peta f (plural petas)
* (Sutsilvan) a cake in the shape of a loaf

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pęta. Cognate with Bulgarian пета (peta), Slovene peta, Russian пята (pjata), Slovak päta. Non-Slavic cognates include Pashto پونده (pūndaʿh, “heel”) and Old Prussian pentis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pěːta/
* Hyphenation: pe‧ta

### Noun

péta f (Cyrillic spelling пе́та)
* heel

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “peta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pęta. Cognate with Bulgarian пета (peta), Serbo-Croatian пета/peta, Russian пята (pjata), Slovak päta. Non-Slavic cognates include Pashto پونده (pūndaʿh, “heel”) and Old Prussian pentis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛ̀ːta/

### Noun

péta f
* heel

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “peta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “peta”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpeta/ [ˈpe.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -eta
* Syllabification: pe‧ta

### Etymology 1

From Aymara or Quechua.

#### Noun

peta f (plural petas)
* (Bolivia) turtle
    Synonym: tortuga

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

peta
* inflection of petar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (2023 August 3) “peta”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]

## Swahili
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-peta (infinitive kupeta)
* to fold, bend

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -peta :
| Positive present | -napeta |
| Subjunctive | -pete |
| Negative | -peti |
| Imperative singular | peta |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kupeta |
| Negative | kutopeta |
Imperatives :
| Singular | peta |
| Plural | peteni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hupeta |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lipeta |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kupeta |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tapeta |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tapeta |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sipete |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngepeta |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singepeta |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalipeta |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalipeta |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mepeta |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshapeta |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -japeta |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kipeta |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipopeta |
| Consecutive | kapeta / positive subject concord + -kapeta |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kapete |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

## Swedish
### Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic. Possibly connected with the stem in words like pitt, påta, putta, pilla, and peka.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

peta (present petar, preterite petade, supine petat, imperative peta)
* (often with på or i) to poke, to pick ((lightly) touch or fiddle, prod or jam)
    peta näsan / peta i näsan / peta sig i näsanpick one's nose
    Han petade på det lilla djuret med pekfingretHe poked the little animal with his index finger
    Margit var kräsmagad och petade alltid bort oliverna ur salladenMargit was a picky eater and always picked ("poked") the olives out of the salad
** (chiefly with i) to poke (to promote burning)
* (often sports, colloquial) to remove, drop, to cut (remove, often from a team or the like, but also more general)
    Hon blev petad ur lagetShe was dropped from the team ("poked out of the team")
    Det var Nisses låt som till slut petade bort The Beatles från förstaplatsen på listornaIt was Nisse's song that finally knocked The Beatles off the top of the charts ("poked away The Beatles")

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Related terms

* peta bort
* peta in
* peta sig i näsan
* peta ut
* petning

### Further reading

* peta in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* peta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)