gata

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English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Armenian գաթա (gatʻa).

Alternative forms

• kata, katah (from Western Armenian pronunciation)
• gatah

Noun

Gatas.

gata (plural gatas)

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

Translations

a kind of pastry

• Armenian: գաթա (hy) (gatʻa)

  Middle Armenian: գաթայ (gatʻay)

• Azerbaijani: kətə, کته
• Georgian: ქადა (ka) (kada)
• Kazakh: кята (käta)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: kade (ku)

• Ottoman Turkish: كته (kätä)
• Persian: گاتا (gâtâ)
• Russian: гата́ (ru) (gatá)
• Turkish: kete (tr)
• Udi: ката (kata)

Etymology 2

Noun

gata (plural gatas)

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

Anagrams

• Agta

Albanian

Noun

gata

1. inflection of gatë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Balinese

Romanization

gata

1. Romanization of ᬕᬢ
2. Romanization of ᬖᬝ

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gatá

1. knife used for harvesting rice

See also

• balisong
• daga
• kutsilyo
• lanseta
• minasbad
• palas
• sanggot
• sundang
• tabak

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin catta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡa.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡa.ta]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

Noun

gata f (plural gates)

1. female equivalent of gat

Adjective

gata f sg

1. 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

1. snake, serpent

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀataq.

Noun

gatâ

1. 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)

1. street, road

Declension

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

Derived terms

• aðalgata
• gatnamót
• götustrákur

Etymology 2

From gat (“hole”).

Verb

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

gata – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að gata
supine sagnbót		gatað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		gatandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	gata	gataði		gati	gataði
	þú	gatar	gataðir		gatir	gataðir
	hann, hún, það	gatar	gataði		gati	gataði
plural	við	götum	götuðum		götum	götuðum
	þið	gatið	götuðuð		gatið	götuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	gata	götuðu		gati	götuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	gata (þú), gataðu
plural	þið	gatið (þið), gatiði1

¹ 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 (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	gatast	gataðist		gatist	gataðist
	þú	gatast	gataðist		gatist	gataðist
	hann, hún, það	gatast	gataðist		gatist	gataðist
plural	við	götumst	götuðumst		götumst	götuðumst
	þið	gatist	götuðust		gatist	götuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	gatast	götuðust		gatist	götuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	gatast (þú), gatastu
plural	þið	gatist (þið), gatisti1

¹ 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

Derived terms

• gatari

Japanese

Romanization

gata

1. Rōmaji transcription of がた

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀataq.

Noun

gatâ

1. coconut milk

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• gaten

Noun

gata m or f

1. definite feminine singular of gate

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑː.tɑ/

Noun

gāta

1. genitive plural of gāt

Old Norse

Etymology

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.

Noun

gata f (genitive gǫtu, plural gǫtur)

1. street, road

Declension

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

Related terms

• gat

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
• → Middle English: gate
  • Scots: gate
  • English: gait, gate
• → Lithuanian: gatvė

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• ᚵᛆᛏᛆ

Etymology

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

Noun

gata f

1. 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

Alternative scripts

• 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

1. 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 1

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -atɐ

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ga‧ta

Noun

gata f (plural gatas)

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

Derived terms

• gatinha (diminutive)
• gatona (augmentative)

Related terms

• gato m

Etymology 2

Verb

gata

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

Romagnol

Noun

gata f (plural gat)

1. 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)

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

gata m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. ready, willing
2. done

   Synonym: terminat

Declension

Declension of gata (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	—		—		—	—

Related terms

• găti

Adverb

gata

1. readily, willingly

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

gata (Cyrillic spelling гата)

1. genitive singular of gat

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin catta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡata/ [ˈɡa.t̪a]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ga‧ta

Noun

gata f (plural gatas)

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

Derived terms

• a gatas

Further reading

• “gato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːˌta/

• Audio; “en gata”:

  (file)

Noun

gata c

1. a street
   • 1937, Evert Taube, “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?

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of gata

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

Hyponyms

• 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 Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gata in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gata in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• agat, taga

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtaʔ/ [ɡɐˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ga‧ta

Noun

gatâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆ)

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

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• dagta

See also

• kinunot
• santan

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• atag, taga, Agta, taga-

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

1. snake

References

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