bata

Alternative forms

• batá, bàtá

Noun

Bata drums (from left: Okónkolo, Iyá, Itótele)

bata (plural bata)

1. Ethnic ceremonial double-headed drums played in triplet in the religion of Santeria, especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico, originally from the Yoruba of Nigeria.
   • 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “The Coast”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.

     Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine

Anagrams

• AABT, ABTA

Noun

bata

1. a baby
2. a young animal; a juvenile; a young
3. a young person; a girl or a boy
4. one's child; one's son or daughter
5. a sprout

Adjective

bata

1. young

Verb

bata

1. to spend someone's early years in; to spend childhood years in
2. to grow up by or in an area or town

Noun

bata (Northern dialect)

1. little brother

Noun

báta

1. nightshirt, nightgown

Noun

bátà

1. child, baby, boy, girl
2. son, daughter
3. servant

Noun

batâ

1. uncle

Verb

bátà

1. to give birth

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠat̪ˠə/

Noun

bata m (genitive singular bata, nominative plural bataí)

1. stick
2. baton
3. (of wind) gust
4. (of drink) measure

Mutation

Further reading

• “bata” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• "bata" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “bata” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bata” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

References

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

Verb

bata

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of bater
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of bater
3. First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of bater
4. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of bater
5. First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of bater
6. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of bater

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pahtə]

Noun

bata m (plural bataichean)

1. a staff, a walking stick

Etymology

From French ouate.

Noun

bata f (plural batas)

1. dressing gown
2. lab coat

Verb

bata

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of batir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of batir.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of batir.

Etymology

From Arabic بَطّ‎ (baṭṭ).

Noun

bata (ma class, plural mabata)

1. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Etymology 1

English butter

Etymology 2

Unclear; probably from English betel