gata

See also: gáta, gâta, and gåta

English

Gatas.

Alternative forms

kata, katah (from Western Armenian pronunciation)
gatah

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian գաթա (gatʿa).

Noun

gata (plural gatas)

A kind of pastry in Armenia and some neighboring countries.

Translations

a kind of pastry

Armenian: գաթա (hy) (gatʿa)
Middle Armenian: գաթայ (gatʿay)
Azerbaijani: kətə
Georgian: ქადა (kada)
Kazakh: кята (käta)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kade (ku)
Persian: گاتا‎ (gâtâ)
Russian: гата́ (ru) (gatá)
Turkish: kete (tr)
Udi: ката (kata)

Anagrams

Agta

Balinese

Romanization

gata

Romanization of ᬕᬢ
Romanization of ᬖᬝ

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ga‧ta
IPA^(key): /ɡaˈta/

Noun

gatá

knife used for harvesting rice

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin catta.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.tə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ta/
Audio (Valencian) (file)

Noun

gata f (plural gates)

female equivalent of gat

Adjective

gata f sg

feminine singular of gat

Fijian

Etymology

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).

Noun

gata

snake, serpent

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀataq.

Noun

gatâ

coconut milk

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaːta/
Rhymes: -aːta

Etymology 1

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

Noun

gata f (genitive singular götu, nominative plural götur)

street, road

Declension

declension of gata

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-w1	singular		plural
nominative	gata	gatan	götur	göturnar
accusative	götu	götuna	götur	göturnar
dative	götu	götunni	götum	götunum
genitive	götu	götunnar	gatna	gatnanna

Derived terms

aðalgata
gatnamót
götustrákur

Etymology 2

From gat (“hole”).

Verb

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

(transitive) to pierce through
(transitive) specifically, to punch a hole in (using a perforator)
(intransitive, informal) to be stumped (be unable to answer a question)

Conjugation

gata — active voice (germynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
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)
	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)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
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)
	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)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	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)
weak declension (veik beyging)	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

Derived terms

gatari

Japanese

Romanization

gata

Rōmaji transcription of がた

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀataq.

Noun

gatâ

coconut milk

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

gaten

Noun

gata m or f

definite feminine singular of gate

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

definite singular of gate
(pre-2012) alternative form of gate

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ.

Noun

gata f (genitive gǫtu, plural gǫtur)

street, road

Declension

Declension of gata (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gata	gatan	gǫtur	gǫturnar
accusative	gǫtu	gǫtuna	gǫtur	gǫturnar
dative	gǫtu	gǫtunni	gǫtum	gǫtunum
genitive	gǫtu	gǫtunnar	gatna	gatnanna

Descendants

Icelandic: gata
Faroese: gøta
Norwegian Nynorsk: gate, gote, gotu; (dialectal) gutu, goto, gatu, gato
Old Swedish: gata
- Swedish: gata
- → Finnish: katu
Old Danish: gatæ
- Danish: gade
  - Norwegian Bokmål: gate
Westrobothnian: gǫtu, gatu
→ Middle English: gate
- Scots: gate
- English: gait, gate
→ Lithuanian: gatvė

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

gata f

street, road

Declension

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

Descendants

Swedish: gata
→ Finnish: katu

Pali

Alternative forms

𑀕𑀢 (Brahmi script)
गत (Devanagari script)
গত (Bengali script)
ගත (Sinhalese script)
ဂတ or ၷတ (Burmese script)
คต or คะตะ (Thai script)
ᨣᨲ (Tai Tham script)
ຄຕ or ຄະຕະ (Lao script)
គត (Khmer script)
𑄉𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गत (gata).

Adjective

gata

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

Declension

Declension table of "gata" (masculine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	gato	gatā
Accusative (second)	gataṃ	gate
Instrumental (third)	gatena	gatehi or gatebhi
Dative (fourth)	gatassa or gatāya or gatatthaṃ	gatānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	gatasmā or gatamhā or gatā	gatehi or gatebhi
Genitive (sixth)	gatassa	gatānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	gatasmiṃ or gatamhi or gate	gatesu
Vocative (calling)	gata	gatā

Declension table of "gatā" (feminine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	gatā	gatāyo or gatā
Accusative (second)	gataṃ	gatāyo or gatā
Instrumental (third)	gatāya	gatāhi or gatābhi
Dative (fourth)	gatāya	gatānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	gatāya	gatāhi or gatābhi
Genitive (sixth)	gatāya	gatānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	gatāya or gatāyaṃ	gatāsu
Vocative (calling)	gate	gatāyo or gatā

Declension table of "gata" (neuter)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	gataṃ	gatāni
Accusative (second)	gataṃ	gatāni
Instrumental (third)	gatena	gatehi or gatebhi
Dative (fourth)	gatassa or gatāya or gatatthaṃ	gatānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	gatasmā or gatamhā or gatā	gatehi or gatebhi
Genitive (sixth)	gatassa	gatānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	gatasmiṃ or gatamhi or gate	gatesu
Vocative (calling)	gata	gatāni

Derived terms

apagata

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese gata, from Late Latin catta.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -atɐ

IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.tɐ/

Hyphenation: ga‧ta

Noun

gata f (plural gatas)

female cat
(slang) very beautiful woman

Derived terms

gatinha (diminutive)
gatona (augmentative)

Related terms

gato m

Romagnol

Noun

gata f (plural gat)

feminine of gat (“cat”)

Romanian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ta/
Audio (file)

Adjective

gata m or f or n (indeclinable)

ready, willing
done

Declension

Declension of gata (invariable)

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

Synonyms

(done): terminat

Related terms

găti

Adverb

gata

readily, willingly

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin catta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡata/ [ˈɡa.t̪a]
Audio (Spain) (file)
Rhymes: -ata
Syllabification: ga‧ta

Noun

gata f (plural gatas)

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

Derived terms

a gatas

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːˌta/
audio (file)
("en gata")

Noun

gata c

street

Declension

Declension of gata
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gata	gatan	gator	gatorna
Genitive	gatas	gatans	gators	gatornas

Synonyms

bakgata
gågata
huvudgata
kraftledningsgata
mångata
sidogata
stadsgata
tvärgata

Derived terms

cykelgata
fägata
gatbeläggning
gatbredd
gatbuller
gatflicka
gathus
gathörn
gatkamomill
gatkrasse
gatlopp
gatlykta
gatläggare
gatläggning
gatpojke
gatskylt
gatsmuts
gatsopare
gatsten
gatstrykare
gatstump
gatuadress
gatuarbete
gatubarn
gatubelysning
gatubeläggning
gatubild
gatubredd
gatubrunn
gatubuller
gatuchef
gatudemonstration
gatudirektör
gatudörr
gatufest
gatufrid
gatuförsäljare
gatuförsäljning
gatuhus
gatukontor
gatukors
gatukorsning
gatukravaller
gatukök
gatuliv
gatumark
gatumiljö
gatumusik
gatumusikant
gatumusiker
gatumynning
gatunamn
gatunge
gatunivå
gatunämnd
gatunät
gatuoroligheter
gatuparkering
gatuplan
gatupplopp
gatuprostitution
gatureglering
gaturenhållning
gaturum
gatuskylt
gatusmart
gatustrid
gatustånd
gatusystem
gatuteater
gatutrafik
gatutrafikant
gatuunderhåll
gatuupplopp
gatuvimmel
gatuvåld
gatvimmel
på öppen gata
vintergata

References

gata in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

agat, taga

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ga‧ta

IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtaʔ/, [ɡɐˈtaʔ]

Noun

gatâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆ)

coconut milk
(dialectal) plant juice or extract

Derived terms

bunsong gata
gataan
gatain
ginataan
ginatan
gumata
kakanggata
pulot-gata
tagagata
tagapaggata

Tokelauan

Te gata.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈŋa.ta/
Hyphenation: ga‧ta

Noun

gata

snake

References

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