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gata

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English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Armenian գաթա (gatʻa).

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Gatas.
 
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gata (plural gatas)

  1. A kind of pastry in Armenia and some neighboring countries.
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Etymology 2

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gata (plural gatas)

  1. (South Africa, slang) A police officer.

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Balinese

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Romanization

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gata

  1. Romanization of ᬕᬢ
  2. Romanization of ᬖᬝ

Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ga‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈta/ [ɡaˈta]

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gatá

  1. knife used for harvesting rice

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin catta.

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gata f (plural gates)

  1. female equivalent of gat

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gata f sg

  1. feminine singular of gat

Fijian

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Etymology

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Cognate with Proto-Polynesian *ŋata (compare Maori ngata, Samoan gata, Tongan ngata and Niuean gata), earlier *ŋʷata, from Proto-Oceanic *mwata (“snake”) (compare Western Fijian ŋwata and Lewo mwata).

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gata

  1. snake, serpent

Hiligaynon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀataq.

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gatâ

  1. coconut milk

Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse gata, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ.

Noun

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gata f (genitive singular götu, nominative plural götur)

  1. street, road
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Declension of gata (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gata gatan götur göturnar
accusative götu götuna götur göturnar
dative götu götunni götum götunum
genitive götu götunnar gatna gatnanna
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Etymology 2

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From gat (“hole”).

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gata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gataði, supine gatað)

  1. (transitive) to pierce through
  2. (transitive) specifically, to punch a hole in (using a perforator)
  3. (intransitive, informal) to be stumped (be unable to answer a question)
Conjugation
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gata — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að gata
supine
(sagnbót) 		gatað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		gatandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég gata við götum present
(nútíð) 		ég gati við götum
þú gatar þið gatið þú gatir þið gatið
hann, hún, það gatar þeir, þær, þau gata hann, hún, það gati þeir, þær, þau gati
past
(þátíð) 		ég gataði við götuðum past
(þátíð) 		ég gataði við götuðum
þú gataðir þið götuðuð þú gataðir þið götuðuð
hann, hún, það gataði þeir, þær, þau götuðu hann, hún, það gataði þeir, þær, þau götuðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		gata (þú) gatið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
gataðu gatiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
gatast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að gatast
supine
(sagnbót) 		gatast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		gatandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég gatast við götumst present
(nútíð) 		ég gatist við götumst
þú gatast þið gatist þú gatist þið gatist
hann, hún, það gatast þeir, þær, þau gatast hann, hún, það gatist þeir, þær, þau gatist
past
(þátíð) 		ég gataðist við götuðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég gataðist við götuðumst
þú gataðist þið götuðust þú gataðist þið götuðust
hann, hún, það gataðist þeir, þær, þau götuðust hann, hún, það gataðist þeir, þær, þau götuðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		gatast (þú) gatist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
gatastu gatisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
gataður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		gataður götuð gatað gataðir gataðar götuð
accusative
(þolfall) 		gataðan gataða gatað gataða gataðar götuð
dative
(þágufall) 		götuðum gataðri götuðu götuðum götuðum götuðum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		gataðs gataðrar gataðs gataðra gataðra gataðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		gataði gataða gataða götuðu götuðu götuðu
accusative
(þolfall) 		gataða götuðu gataða götuðu götuðu götuðu
dative
(þágufall) 		gataða götuðu gataða götuðu götuðu götuðu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		gataða götuðu gataða götuðu götuðu götuðu
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Japanese

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Romanization

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gata

  1. Rōmaji transcription of がた

Masbatenyo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀataq.

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gatâ

  1. coconut milk

Norwegian Bokmål

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gata m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of gate

Norwegian Nynorsk

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gata f (definite singular gata, indefinite plural gater or gator, definite plural gatene or gatone)

  1. definite singular of gate
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of gate

Old English

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gāta

  1. genitive plural of gāt

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. Likely from the oblique stem *gǫtu of an earlier form *gǫtva, as morphologically gata does not straightforwardly derive from the Proto-Germanic form.[1]

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gata f (genitive gǫtu, plural gǫtur)

  1. street, road

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  Declension of gata (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gata gatan gǫtur gǫturnar
accusative gǫtu gǫtuna gǫtur gǫturnar
dative gǫtu gǫtunni gǫtum gǫtunum
genitive gǫtu gǫtunnar gatna gatnanna
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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gata, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ.

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gata f

  1. street, road

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Declension of gata (on-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gata gatan gatu(r), -o(r) gatuna(r), -ona(r)
accusative gatu, -o gatuna, -ona gatu(r), -o(r) gatuna(r), -ona(r)
dative gatu, -o gatunni, -onne gatum, -om gatumin, -omen
genitive gatu, -o gatunna(r), -onna(r) gata gatanna

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Pali

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit गत (gata).

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gata

  1. past participle of gacchati (“to go”), with active sense.

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Declension table of "gata" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)gatogatā
Accusative (second)gataṃgate
Instrumental (third)gatenagatehi or gatebhi
Dative (fourth)gatassa or gatāya or gatatthaṃgatānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)gatasmā or gatamhā or gatāgatehi or gatebhi
Genitive (sixth)gatassagatānaṃ
Locative (seventh)gatasmiṃ or gatamhi or gategatesu
Vocative (calling)gatagatā
Declension table of "gatā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)gatāgatāyo or gatā
Accusative (second)gataṃgatāyo or gatā
Instrumental (third)gatāyagatāhi or gatābhi
Dative (fourth)gatāyagatānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)gatāyagatāhi or gatābhi
Genitive (sixth)gatāyagatānaṃ
Locative (seventh)gatāya or gatāyaṃgatāsu
Vocative (calling)gategatāyo or gatā
Declension table of "gata" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)gataṃgatāni
Accusative (second)gataṃgatāni
Instrumental (third)gatenagatehi or gatebhi
Dative (fourth)gatassa or gatāya or gatatthaṃgatānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)gatasmā or gatamhā or gatāgatehi or gatebhi
Genitive (sixth)gatassagatānaṃ
Locative (seventh)gatasmiṃ or gatamhi or gategatesu
Vocative (calling)gatagatāni

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese gata, from Late Latin catta.

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  • Hyphenation: ga‧ta

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gata f (plural gatas)

  1. female cat
  2. (slang) very beautiful woman
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Verb

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gata

  1. inflection of gatar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romagnol

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Noun

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gata f (plural gat)

  1. feminine of gat (“cat”)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Origin disputed. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *gotovъ. The word can also be found in Albanian, compare Albanian gati (which, like the Romanian, is also invariable). Alternatively, the word may be of ultimate Paleo-Balkanic or Albanian origin.[1]

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gata m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. ready, willing
  2. done
    Synonym: terminat

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invariable singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite gata gata gata gata
definite — — — —
genitive-
dative 		indefinite gata gata gata gata
definite — — — —
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gata

  1. readily, willingly

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  1. ^ Paliga, Sorin (2024) An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 297

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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gata (Cyrillic spelling гата)

  1. genitive singular of gat

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin catta.

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gata f (plural gatas)

  1. female equivalent of gato (“cat”); she-cat, molly, queen, female cat
  2. car-jack, jack

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish gata, from Old Norse gata, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːˌta/
  • Audio; “en gata”:(file)

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gata c

  1. a street
    • 1937, Evert Taube (lyrics and music), “Fritiof och Carmencita [Fritiof and Carmencita]”‎[2]:
      Samborombón, en liten by förutan gata. Den ligger inte långt från Rio de la Plata. Nästan i kanten av den blåa Atlanten, och med Pampas bakom sig, många hundra gröna mil. Dit kom jag ridande en afton i april, för jag ville dansa tango.
      Samborombón, a small village without a street. It is located not far from Rio de la Plata. Almost at the edge of the blue Atlantic, and with Pampas behind it [itself], many hundred green miles. There [thither, to there] I came riding one evening in April, because I wanted to tango.
    • 1967, “Lyckliga gatan [[The] Happy Street]”, Britt Lindeborg (lyrics), Adriano Celentano (music)‎[3]performed by Anna-Lena Löfgren:
      Lyckliga gatan, du finns inte mer. Du har försvunnit med hela kvarter. Tystnat har leken, tystnat har sången. Högt över marken svävar betongen. När jag kom åter var allt så förändrat. Trampat och skövlat, fördärvat och skändat. Skall mellan dessa höga hus en dag stiga en sång, lika förunderlig och skön som den, vi hört en gång?
      [The] Happy Street, you no longer exist. You have disappeared with entire neighborhoods [blocks]. Gone silent has the play, gone silent has the song. High above the ground the concrete hovers. When I came back ["came again" – somewhat dated or poetic], everything was so changed. Trampled and devastated, ruined and desecrated. Shall ["skall" is synonymous with "ska" except matching "shall" in tone] between these tall buildings one day rise a song, as wondrous and fair as the one we [have] once heard?

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Often turns into gatu- (gata + -u-) as a prefix in compounds.

Declension

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Declension of gata
nominative genitive
singular indefinite gata gatas
definite gatan gatans
plural indefinite gator gators
definite gatorna gatornas

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gatəq, *ʀataq. Compare Hiligaynon gata, Isnag xatta, and Masbatenyo gata.

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gatâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆ)

  1. coconut milk
  2. (dialectal) plant juice or extract

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Further reading

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  • “gata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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Tokelauan

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Te gata.

Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *ŋata. Cognates include Hawaiian naka and Maori ngata.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈŋa.ta]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ta

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gata

  1. snake

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  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 138
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