chatta
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi छाता (chātā). Doublet of chador and chhatra.
Noun
chatta (plural chattas)
- (India) An umbrella.
- 1843, Charles James C. Davidson, Diary of Travels and Adventures in Upper India
- His air, while sitting on a tiger's skin, under his chatta or umbrella, was perfectly majestic.
- 1854, Alexander Cunningham, The Bhilsa topes, or, Buddhist monuments of central India:
- The dome was crowned by a pedestal 4½ feet square, which supported a chatta about 3½ feet in diameter.
- 1843, Charles James C. Davidson, Diary of Travels and Adventures in Upper India
Anagrams
- attach
Italian
Verb
chatta
- inflection of chattare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Swedish
Etymology
From English chat + -a.
Verb
chatta (present chattar, preterite chattade, supine chattat, imperative chatta)
- to chat (to talk informally, especially online)
Conjugation
Conjugation of chatta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | chatta | chattas | ||
| Supine | chattat | chattats | ||
| Imperative | chatta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | chatten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | chattar | chattade | chattas | chattades |
| Ind. plural1 | chatta | chattade | chattas | chattades |
| Subjunctive2 | chatte | chattade | chattes | chattades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | chattande | |||
| Past participle | chattad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
- chatt