rata

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

flowers of the southern rata, Metrosideros umbellata

From Maori rātā or cognate Tahitian rātā (tree of genus Metrosideros). Compare Tahitian puarātā (Metrosideros collina).

Noun[edit]

rata (usually uncountable, plural ratas)

  1. (usually countable) Any of various New Zealand plants of the genus Metrosideros
  2. (usually uncountable) The hard dark red wood of such trees.

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Etymology 2[edit]

a rata tree, Garcinia dulcis

Compare Sinhalese රට ගොරකා (raṭa gorakā, “Garcinia xanthochymus”), Marathi रातंबी (rātambī, “Garcinia indica”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun[edit]

rata (plural ratas)

  1. The yellow mangosteen, Garcinia dulcis, a tree native to Indonesia, the Philippines, and India.
    Synonyms: mundu, maphuut, Claudie mangosteen, gourka, eggtree

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Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

'Are'are[edit]

Noun[edit]

rata

  1. name

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Balinese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

rata

  1. Romanization of ᬭᬢ
  2. Romanization of ᬭᬣ

Catalan[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rattus (“rat”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rata f (plural rates)

  1. rat
    Synonym: rat
  2. Atlantic stargazer (Uranoscopus scaber)
    Synonym: saltabardissa
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

rata

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

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *rata, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *tradō. Cognates include Estonian rada, Livonian radā, Karelian rata (“The Milky Way”), Ingrian rata (“The Milky Way”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑtɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ra‧ta

Noun[edit]

rata

  1. (literary) route, path, road
    Synonyms: tie, polku, reitti
  2. (rail transport) railroad track, track
    Synonym: rautatie
  3. (sports) track, lane, course, ground, range, sheet
    luistelurata ― skating track
    uimarata ― swim lane
    ravirata ― harness racing course
    jousiammuntarata ― archery ground
    ampumarata ― shooting range
    curling-rata ― curling sheet
  4. (mechanics) trajectory, course (path of a body as it travels through space)
    Synonym: lentorata
  5. (mechanics) orbit (path of one object around another)
    Synonym: kiertorata
  6. (figuratively) course (sequence of events)
    Kaikki menee normaalia rataansa. ― Everything follows the normal course of events.
  7. (slang) nightlife
    Synonym: baana

Declension[edit]

Inflection of rata (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)
nominative rata radat
genitive radan ratojen
partitive rataa ratoja
illative rataan ratoihin
singular plural
nominative rata radat
accusative nom. rata radat
gen. radan
genitive radan ratojen
ratainrare
partitive rataa ratoja
inessive radassa radoissa
elative radasta radoista
illative rataan ratoihin
adessive radalla radoilla
ablative radalta radoilta
allative radalle radoille
essive ratana ratoina
translative radaksi radoiksi
abessive radatta radoitta
instructive — radoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of rata (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ratani ratani
accusative nom. ratani ratani
gen. ratani
genitive ratani ratojeni
ratainirare
partitive rataani ratojani
inessive radassani radoissani
elative radastani radoistani
illative rataani ratoihini
adessive radallani radoillani
ablative radaltani radoiltani
allative radalleni radoilleni
essive ratanani ratoinani
translative radakseni radoikseni
abessive radattani radoittani
instructive — —
comitative — ratoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ratasi ratasi
accusative nom. ratasi ratasi
gen. ratasi
genitive ratasi ratojesi
rataisirare
partitive rataasi ratojasi
inessive radassasi radoissasi
elative radastasi radoistasi
illative rataasi ratoihisi
adessive radallasi radoillasi
ablative radaltasi radoiltasi
allative radallesi radoillesi
essive ratanasi ratoinasi
translative radaksesi radoiksesi
abessive radattasi radoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — ratoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ratamme ratamme
accusative nom. ratamme ratamme
gen. ratamme
genitive ratamme ratojemme
rataimmerare
partitive rataamme ratojamme
inessive radassamme radoissamme
elative radastamme radoistamme
illative rataamme ratoihimme
adessive radallamme radoillamme
ablative radaltamme radoiltamme
allative radallemme radoillemme
essive ratanamme ratoinamme
translative radaksemme radoiksemme
abessive radattamme radoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — ratoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ratanne ratanne
accusative nom. ratanne ratanne
gen. ratanne
genitive ratanne ratojenne
ratainnerare
partitive rataanne ratojanne
inessive radassanne radoissanne
elative radastanne radoistanne
illative rataanne ratoihinne
adessive radallanne radoillanne
ablative radaltanne radoiltanne
allative radallenne radoillenne
essive ratananne ratoinanne
translative radaksenne radoiksenne
abessive radattanne radoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — ratoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative ratansa ratansa
accusative nom. ratansa ratansa
gen. ratansa
genitive ratansa ratojensa
ratainsarare
partitive rataansa ratojaan
ratojansa
inessive radassaan
radassansa 		radoissaan
radoissansa
elative radastaan
radastansa 		radoistaan
radoistansa
illative rataansa ratoihinsa
adessive radallaan
radallansa 		radoillaan
radoillansa
ablative radaltaan
radaltansa 		radoiltaan
radoiltansa
allative radalleen
radallensa 		radoilleen
radoillensa
essive ratanaan
ratanansa 		ratoinaan
ratoinansa
translative radakseen
radaksensa 		radoikseen
radoiksensa
abessive radattaan
radattansa 		radoittaan
radoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — ratoineen
ratoinensa

Derived terms[edit]

compounds

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

rata

  1. third-person singular past historic of rater

Anagrams[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From rato (“mouse”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rata f (plural ratas)

  1. rat

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Guaraní[edit]

Noun[edit]

rata

  1. fire

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse rata, from Proto-Germanic *wratōną. The word is absent in the related modern languages, but cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐍄𐍉𐌽 (wratōn, “to travel, to journey”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

rata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rataði, supine ratað)

  1. to find one’s way
  2. to know the way
    • a. 13th century, Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)
      Vits er þörf
      þeim er víða ratar.
      Dælt er heima hvað.
      Að augabragði verður
      sá er ekki kann
      og með snotrum situr.
      Wits must he have
      who wanders wide,
      But all is easy at home;
      At the witless man
      the wise shall wink
      When among such men he sits.

Conjugation[edit]

rata — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að rata
supine
(sagnbót) 		ratað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		ratandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég rata við rötum present
(nútíð) 		ég rati við rötum
þú ratar þið ratið þú ratir þið ratið
hann, hún, það ratar þeir, þær, þau rata hann, hún, það rati þeir, þær, þau rati
past
(þátíð) 		ég rataði við rötuðum past
(þátíð) 		ég rataði við rötuðum
þú rataðir þið rötuðuð þú rataðir þið rötuðuð
hann, hún, það rataði þeir, þær, þau rötuðu hann, hún, það rataði þeir, þær, þau rötuðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		rata (þú) ratið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
rataðu ratiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
ratast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að ratast
supine
(sagnbót) 		ratast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		ratandist **
** 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 ratast við rötumst present
(nútíð) 		ég ratist við rötumst
þú ratast þið ratist þú ratist þið ratist
hann, hún, það ratast þeir, þær, þau ratast hann, hún, það ratist þeir, þær, þau ratist
past
(þátíð) 		ég rataðist við rötuðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég rataðist við rötuðumst
þú rataðist þið rötuðust þú rataðist þið rötuðust
hann, hún, það rataðist þeir, þær, þau rötuðust hann, hún, það rataðist þeir, þær, þau rötuðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		ratast (þú) ratist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
ratastu ratisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Indonesian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈrata]
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ta
  • Rhymes: -ta

Etymology 1[edit]

From Malay rata, from Javanese ꦫꦠ (rata), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dataʀ. Doublet of datar and latar.

Adjective[edit]

rata

  1. even
    1. flat and level
    2. parallel: on a level; reaching the same limit
      Synonym: papar
  2. even, evenly, equally: in a fair manner of distribution, giving the same amount or number to each.
  3. flat
    Gempa bumi telah menyebabkan bangunan-bangunan itu menjadi rata dengan tanah. ― An earthquake had been flattened the buildings.
    Synonyms: datar, pelat
  4. smooth
    Permukaannya tidak rata. ― The surface is not smooth.
    Synonyms: halus, mulus
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Malay rata, from Sanskrit रथ (rátha, “chariot”).

Noun[edit]

rata (first-person possessive rataku, second-person possessive ratamu, third-person possessive ratanya)

  1. (obsolete) carriage
    Synonym: kereta
Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Ingrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *rata. Cognates include Finnish rata and Estonian rada.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rata

  1. course, trajectory

Declension[edit]

Declension of rata (type 3/kana, t- gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative rata raat
genitive raan rattoin
partitive rattaa ratoja
illative rattaa rattoi
inessive raas raois
elative raast raoist
allative raalle raoille
adessive raal raoil
ablative raalt raoilt
translative raaks raoiks
essive ratanna, rattaan ratoinna, rattoin
exessive1) ratant ratoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References[edit]

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 460

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Medieval Latin rata, from the Latin phrase pro rata parte (“according to the proportional share”), from ratus (“reckoned”), past participle of the verb reor (“to think over, deem, reckon”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Hyphenation: rà‧ta

Noun[edit]

rata f (plural rate)

  1. instalment/installment

Anagrams[edit]

Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

rata

  1. Romanization of ꦫꦠ

Ladin[edit]

Noun[edit]

rata f (plural rates)

  1. dose
  2. instalment

Verb[edit]

rata

  1. third-person singular present indicative of rater
  2. third-person plural present indicative of rater
  3. second-person singular imperative of rater

Lamalera[edit]

Noun[edit]

rata

  1. hair

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

rata

  1. inflection of ratus:
    1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Latvian[edit]

Noun[edit]

rata m

  1. genitive singular of rats

Lindu[edit]

Noun[edit]

rata

  1. guest
  2. foreigner

Malay[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dataʀ. Doublet of datar.

Adjective[edit]

rata (Jawi spelling رات)

  1. level, even, flat
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Indonesian: rata

Etymology 2[edit]

From Sanskrit रथ (ratha).

Noun[edit]

rata (Jawi spelling رات, plural rata-rata, informal 1st possessive rataku, 2nd possessive ratamu, 3rd possessive ratanya)

  1. chariot

Further reading[edit]

Maori[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Oceanic *lasa (Compare Fijian lasa).

Adjective[edit]

rata

  1. tame
  2. quiet

Northern Sotho[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Zulu -thanda, Tsonga -rhandza.

Verb[edit]

rata

  1. to love

Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Feminine of rat (“rat”)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Languedocien)(file)

Noun[edit]

rata f (plural ratas)

  1. (Rattus rattus) female black rat

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Old Javanese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

rata

  1. Alternative spelling of surata

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

rata

  1. Alternative spelling of ratā

Adjective[edit]

rata

  1. Alternative spelling of ratā

Further reading[edit]

  • "rata" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Rate, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin ratus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rata f (diminutive ratka)

  1. (banking, finance) installment (portion of debt)
    Hypernym: należność

Declension[edit]

Declension of rata
singular plural
nominative rata raty
genitive raty rat
dative racie ratom
accusative ratę raty
instrumental ratą ratami
locative racie ratach
vocative rato raty

Derived terms[edit]

adjective
adverb
noun

Further reading[edit]

  • rata in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Rhymes: -atɐ
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ta

Noun[edit]

rata f (plural ratas)

  1. female equivalent of rato
  2. (chiefly Portugal, informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

rata

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

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French rater.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

a rata (third-person singular present ratează, past participle ratat) 1st conj.

  1. to miss, to fail

Conjugation[edit]

    conjugation of rata (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a rata
gerund ratând
past participle ratat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present ratez ratezi ratează ratăm ratați ratează
imperfect ratam ratai rata ratam ratați ratau
simple perfect ratai ratași rată ratarăm ratarăți ratară
pluperfect ratasem rataseși ratase rataserăm rataserăți rataseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să ratez să ratezi să rateze să ratăm să ratați să rateze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative ratează ratați
negative nu rata nu ratați

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Italian rata (“installment”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /rǎːta/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ta

Noun[edit]

ráta f (Cyrillic spelling ра́та)

  1. installment
Declension[edit]
Declension of rata
singular plural
nominative rata rate
genitive rate rata
dative rati ratama
accusative ratu rate
vocative rato rate
locative rati ratama
instrumental ratom ratama

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

rata (Cyrillic spelling рата)

  1. genitive singular of rat

Sotho[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Zulu -thanda, Tsonga -rhandza.

Verb[edit]

rata

  1. to love

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈrata/ [ˈra.t̪a]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: ra‧ta

Etymology 1[edit]

From Vulgar Latin rattus (“rat”), of Germanic origin. It is not known how the noun made the jump to a feminine noun.

Noun[edit]

rata f (plural ratas, masculine rato, masculine plural ratos)

  1. rat (a medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus)

Adjective[edit]

rata (invariable)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) stingy, miserly, tight-fisted
    Synonyms: tacaño, pesetero, hijo de puta
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) rat, jerk (a despicable person, especially who has been deceitful or disloyal)
  3. (colloquial, derogatory) rat, snitch, informant
    Synonyms: chivato, soplón, delator, sapo
Hyponyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

rata f (plural ratas)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse hrata, from Proto-Germanic *hratt- (“to rush”); see *hradaz (“hasty, quick”). Cognate with Icelandic hrata (“to lose balance”) and Old English hratian (“to hurry”).

Verb[edit]

rata (present ratar, preterite ratade, supine ratat, imperative rata)

  1. to reject
    Synonyms: avslå, försmå, kassera, skrota, underkänna, vraka
    Antonyms: anta, godta, ta, välja

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of rata (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive rata ratas
Supine ratat ratats
Imperative rata —
Imper. plural1 raten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative ratar ratade ratas ratades
Ind. plural1 rata ratade ratas ratades
Subjunctive2 rate ratade rates ratades
Participles
Present participle ratande
Past participle ratad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References[edit]

Tahitian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English letter.

Noun[edit]

rata

  1. letter

Ternate[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Malay rata (“level, flat”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

rata

  1. (stative) to be smooth

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of rata
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st torata forata mirata
2nd norata nirata
3rd Masculine orata irata, yorata†
Feminine morata
Neuter irata
† - archaic

References[edit]

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tswana[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

go rata (past ratile)

  1. to love
  2. to like

Veps[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian страдать (stradatʹ). Compare Finnish raataa, Karelian ruadua and Ludian ruata.

Verb[edit]

rata

  1. to work
  2. to toil
  3. to act (perform an action)

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of rata (inflection type 13/maksta)
1st infinitive rata
present indic. radab
past indic. radoi
present
indicative 		past
indicative 		imperative
1st singular radan radoin —
2nd singular radad radoid rada
3rd singular radab radoi rakaha
1st plural radam radoim rakam
2nd plural radat radoit rakat
3rd plural ratas
radaba 		radoiba rakaha
sing. conneg.1 rada radand rada
plur. conneg. rakoi ranugoi rakoi
present
conditional 		past
conditional 		potential
1st singular radaižin ranuižin radanen
2nd singular radaižid ranuižid radaned
3rd singular radaiži ranuiži radaneb
1st plural radaižim ranuižim radanem
2nd plural radaižit ranuižit radanet
3rd plural radaižiba ranuižiba radaneba
connegative radaiži ranuiži radane
non-finite forms
1st infinitive rata
2nd infinitive 3rd infinitive
inessive rates inessive radamas
instructive raten illative radamaha
participles elative radamaspäi
present active radai adessive radamal
past active ranu abessive radamat
past passive ratud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

References[edit]

West Makian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay rata (“level, flat”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

rata

  1. (stative) to be flat, level
    afi da rata ― level ground

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of rata (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tirata mirata arata
2nd person nirata firata
3rd person inanimate irata dirata
animate marata
imperative —, rata —, rata

References[edit]

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎[3], Pacific linguistics
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