batas

• Hyphenation: ba‧tas

batas

1. to cut down and harvest a bamboo culm

• IPA^(key): /ˈbatas/
• Rhymes: -atas
• Syllabification: ba‧tas

batas

1. present of bati

batas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of bater

• IPA^(key): /ˈbatas/

batas

1. present of batar

Inherited from Malay batas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batəs. Doublet of watas. Cognate of Iban batas (“raised path”), Toba Batak batos, Javanese ꦮꦠꦼꦱ꧀ (wates), Balinese bates, and Sasak bates.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbatas/ [ˈba.t̪as]
• Rhymes: -atas
• Syllabification: ba‧tas

batas

1. border (the outer edge of something)
2. limit (a restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go)
3. cutoff
4. bound
5. boundary
6. margin

• perhinggaan
• sempadan

• “batas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

bãtas m stress pattern 2

1. shoe
2. boot

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batəs. Cognate of Iban batas (“raised path”), Toba Batak batos, Javanese ꦮꦠꦼꦱ꧀ (wates), Balinese bates, and Sasak bates.

• (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /ˈbatas/ [ˈba.t̪as]
• Rhymes: -as
• Hyphenation: ba‧tas

batas (Jawi spelling باتس, plural batas-batas or batas²)

1. limit: a restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.

   Synonym: had

2. bund; dyke; ridge (a raised bank of earth, especially in a paddy field or garden).

   Synonym: permatang

   Petani itu berjalan di atas batas sawah.

   The farmer walked on the paddy field bund.

   Ayah menanam sayur di atas batas.

   Father planted vegetables on the ridge.

• > Indonesian: batas (inherited)

• "batas" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

batas

1. (card games) suit

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː.tɑs/

bātas

1. nominative/accusative plural of bāt

batas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of bater

• IPA^(key): /ˈbatas/ [ˈba.t̪as]
• Rhymes: -atas
• Syllabification: ba‧tas

batas f pl

1. plural of bata

batas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of batir

Possibly from Cebuano batas (“proposition of a rule or law”), or back-formation from Cebuano batasan (“custom; tradition”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈtas/ [bɐˈt̪as]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ba‧tas

batás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜐ᜔)

1. law

   Synonyms: kautusan, (archaic) ley

2. decree

   Synonym: dekreto

3. command

   Synonyms: utos, mando

4. (obsolete) notification of an order or mandate

   Synonym: pahayag

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bə(ʀ)tas (“tear, rip open (as cloth or stitches), snap (as string)”) via Malay betas (“ripping open, splitting open”). Possible doublet of bagtas and bigtas.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbatas/ [ˈbaː.t̪ɐs]
• Rhymes: -atas
• Syllabification: ba‧tas

batas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜐ᜔)

1. unstitching of clothes

   Synonym: tastas

2. shortcut (such as estuary when traveling by water)

   Synonym: bagtasan

• “batas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Daluz, Eusebio T. (1915), Filipino-English vocabulary: with practical example of Filipino and English grammars, Manila: Akademya ng Wikang Filipino, page 15.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 87: “Atajar) Batas [(pp)] por eſtero yendo navegando”
  • page 232: “Deſcoſer) Batas (pp) la ropa”

• sabat, tabas, basta