peta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "peta"

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpe.ta]

Verb

peta

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

Galician

Etymology 1

Back-formation of petar (“to knock”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛtɐ]

Noun

peta f (plural petas)

1. pickaxe

   Synonym: picaraña

2. whim; will

   Synonym: gana

Related terms

• petar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “peta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “peta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “peta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

peta

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay peta, perhaps from Sanskrit भूपट (bhūpaṭa, “map”) as भू (bhū, “earth”) +‎ पट (paṭa, “garment”). Similar construction in Latin mappa mundī (“map”), compound of mappa (“napkin, cloth”) + mundus (“world”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈta/
• Rhymes: -ta, -a
• Hyphenation: pê‧ta

Noun

pêta (plural peta-peta)

1. (geography) map (a visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features)

Derived terms

• dipetakan
• memetakan
• pemetaan
• perpetaan
• petaan
• terpeta

See also

• kartu

Further reading

• “peta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit भूपट (bhūpaṭa, “map”) as भू (bhū, “earth”) +‎ पट (paṭa, “garment”). Similar construction in Latin mappa mundī (“map”), compound of mappa (“napkin, cloth”) + mundus (“world”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəta/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [pətə]
• Rhymes: -əta, -ta, -a

Noun

peta (Jawi spelling ڤتا, plural peta-peta, informal 1st possessive petaku, 2nd possessive petamu, 3rd possessive petanya)

1. map

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pemeta [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• petaan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• pemetaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• perpetaan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• petakan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• memetakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• dipetakan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• terpeta [agentless action] (teR-)
• berpeta [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: peta

Further reading

• "peta" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “peta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• petta

Etymology

Either of Romance origin, cognate to French petit, or from a native word, *feta, *ṡetta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲetə/

Noun

peta m

1. pet (usually of a tame or domesticated animal)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• petacht

Descendants

• Irish: peata
• Scottish Gaelic: peata

Mutation

Mutation of peta

radical	lenition	nasalization
peta	pheta	peta pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pet(t)a”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑁂𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• पेत (Devanagari script)
• পেত (Bengali script)
• පෙත (Sinhalese script)
• ပေတ (Burmese script)
• เปต or เปตะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩮᨲ or ᨸᩮᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ເປຕ or ເປຕະ (Lao script)
• បេត (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄬𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रेत (preta).

Noun

peta m

1. ghost

Declension

Declension table of "peta" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	peto	petā
Accusative (second)	petaṃ	pete
Instrumental (third)	petena	petehi or petebhi
Dative (fourth)	petassa or petāya or petatthaṃ	petānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	petasmā or petamhā or petā	petehi or petebhi
Genitive (sixth)	petassa	petānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	petasmiṃ or petamhi or pete	petesu
Vocative (calling)	peta	petā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “peta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: pe‧ta

Noun

peta m

1. genitive singular of pet

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧ta

Noun

peta f (plural petas)

1. fib

Romansch

Alternative forms

• petta (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

peta f (plural petas)

1. (Sutsilvan) a cake in the shape of a loaf

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pęta. Cognate with Bulgarian пета (peta), Slovene peta, Russian пята (pjata), Slovak päta. Non-Slavic cognates include Pashto پونده (pūndaʿh, “heel”) and Old Prussian pentis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pěːta/
• Hyphenation: pe‧ta

Noun

péta f (Cyrillic spelling пе́та)

1. heel

Declension

Declension of peta

	singular	plural
nominative	peta	pete
genitive	pete	peta
dative	peti	petama
accusative	petu	pete
vocative	peto	pete
locative	peti	petama
instrumental	petom	petama

Further reading

• “peta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pęta. Cognate with Bulgarian пета (peta), Serbo-Croatian пета/peta, Russian пята (pjata), Slovak päta. Non-Slavic cognates include Pashto پونده (pūndaʿh, “heel”) and Old Prussian pentis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̀ːta/

Noun

péta f

1. heel

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	pêta
gen. sing.	pête
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pêta	pêti	pête
genitive (rodȋlnik)	pête	pêt	pêt
dative (dajȃlnik)	pêti	pêtama	pêtam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pêto	pêti	pête
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pêti	pêtah	pêtah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pêto	pêtama	pêtami

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	pêta
gen. sing.	peté
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pêta	peté	peté
genitive (rodȋlnik)	peté	petá	petá
dative (dajȃlnik)	pêti	petáma	petàm
accusative (tožȋlnik)	petó	peté	peté
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pêti	petàh	petàh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	petó	petáma	petámi

Further reading

• “peta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “peta”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeta/ [ˈpe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: pe‧ta

Etymology 1

From Aymara or Quechua.

Noun

peta f (plural petas)

1. (Bolivia) turtle

   Synonym: tortuga

Etymology 2

Verb

peta

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

Further reading

• Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (2023 August 3) “peta”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-peta (infinitive kupeta)

1. to fold, bend

Conjugation

Conjugation of -peta
Positive present -napeta Subjunctive -pete Negative -peti Imperative singular peta
Infinitives
Positive kupeta Negative kutopeta
Imperatives
Singular peta Plural peteni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupeta Positive past positive subject concord + -lipeta Negative past negative subject concord + -kupeta
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napeta) Singular Plural 1st person ninapeta/napeta tunapeta 2nd person unapeta mnapeta 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapeta wanapeta other classes positive subject concord + -napeta
Negative present (negative subject concord + -peti) Singular Plural 1st person sipeti hatupeti 2nd person hupeti hampeti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapeti hawapeti other classes negative subject concord + -peti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapeta Negative future negative subject concord + -tapeta
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pete) Singular Plural 1st person nipete tupete 2nd person upete mpete 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apete wapete other classes positive subject concord + -pete
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipete Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepeta Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepeta Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipeta Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipeta
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apeta) Singular Plural 1st person napeta twapeta 2nd person wapeta mwapeta 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apeta wapeta m-mi(III/IV) wapeta yapeta ji-ma(V/VI) lapeta yapeta ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapeta vyapeta n(IX/X) yapeta zapeta u(XI) wapeta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapeta pa(XVI) papeta mu(XVIII) mwapeta
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepeta "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapeta "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japeta "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipeta "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopeta Consecutive kapeta / positive subject concord + -kapeta Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapete
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipeta -tupeta 2nd person -kupeta -wapeta/-kupeteni/-wapeteni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpeta -wapeta m-mi(III/IV) -upeta -ipeta ji-ma(V/VI) -lipeta -yapeta ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipeta -vipeta n(IX/X) -ipeta -zipeta u(XI) -upeta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupeta pa(XVI) -papeta mu(XVIII) -mupeta Reflexive -jipeta
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -peta- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -petaye -petao m-mi(III/IV) -petao -petayo ji-ma(V/VI) -petalo -petayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -petacho -petavyo n(IX/X) -petayo -petazo u(XI) -petao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -petako pa(XVI) -petapo mu(XVIII) -petamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -peta) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepeta -opeta m-mi(III/IV) -opeta -yopeta ji-ma(V/VI) -lopeta -yopeta ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopeta -vyopeta n(IX/X) -yopeta -zopeta u(XI) -opeta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopeta pa(XVI) -popeta mu(XVIII) -mopeta
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Swedish

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic. Possibly connected with the stem in words like pitt, påta, putta, pilla, and peka.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

peta (present petar, preterite petade, supine petat, imperative peta)

1. (often with på or i) to poke, to pick ((lightly) touch or fiddle, prod or jam)

   peta näsan / peta i näsan / peta sig i näsan

   pick one's nose

   Han petade på det lilla djuret med pekfingret

   He poked the little animal with his index finger

   Margit var kräsmagad och petade alltid bort oliverna ur salladen

   Margit was a picky eater and always picked ("poked") the olives out of the salad

   1. (chiefly with i) to poke (to promote burning)
2. (often sports, colloquial) to remove, drop, to cut (remove, often from a team or the like, but also more general)

   Hon blev petad ur laget

   She was dropped from the team ("poked out of the team")

   Det var Nisses låt som till slut petade bort The Beatles från förstaplatsen på listorna

   It was Nisse's song that finally knocked The Beatles off the top of the charts ("poked away The Beatles")

Conjugation

Conjugation of peta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	peta		petas
supine	petat		petats
imperative	peta		—
imper. plural1	peten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	petar	petade	petas	petades
ind. plural1	peta	petade	petas	petades
subjunctive2	pete	petade	petes	petades
present participle		petande
past participle		petad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• peta bort
• peta in
• peta sig i näsan
• peta ut
• petning

Further reading

• peta in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• peta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)