batat

batat

See also: bâtât and båtat

Acehnese

Acehnese Spelling
EBAYD batat
Husaini
Jawoe باتت

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈt̠at̠/, [baˈt̠at̠̚]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧béh

Adjective

batat (Jawoe spelling باتت)

  1. hard, rough (in texture)
    Jaroe lôn ka batatMy hands are rough
  2. something that won't ripe
    Bèk tapèt boh mamplang ngön reunöng, rhet jeuet keu batat
    Don't pick the mango fruit with that small pole, because if it falls, it wouldn't ripen
  3. stubborn, obstinate
    Batat that aneuk nyan, peue nyang tapeugah h'an jideungö
    That kid is stubborn, he won't listen to anything we say to him

References

  • Bakar, Aboe et al. (1985), Kamus Aceh Indonesia [Acehnese-Indonesian Dictionary] (Seri K; 85), Seri 1. A-L [Volume 1. A-L] (eBook; overall work in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 64
  • Daud, Bukhari; Durie, Mark, (1999), Kamus Basa Acèh = Kamus Bahasa Aceh = Acehnese-Indonesian English Thesaurus. (Series C; 151), Series C, Volume 151 (eBook; overall work in English and Indonesian), Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 120
  • Langen, K. F. H. van (1889), Woordenboek der Atjehsche Taal [Dictionary of the Acehnese Language]‎[1] (overall work in Dutch), Den Haag: 's Gravenhage : Martinus Nijhoff, page 25
  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /batat/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tat

Noun

batat

  1. melon

Cebuano

Etymology

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧tat

Noun

batát

  1. alternative form of batad

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish batata, from Taíno batata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.tat/
  • Audio 1:(file)
  • Audio 2:(file)
  • Rhymes: -atat
  • Syllabification: ba‧tat

Noun

batat m inan or m animal

  1. sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
    Synonym: wilec ziemniaczany
  2. sweet potato (tuber)

Declension

Further reading

  • batat”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • batat”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[3] (in Polish)

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бата́т (batát).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈtat/
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tat

Noun

batat m (plural batați)

  1. (dated outside Moldova (country)) sweet potato
    Synonyms: cartof dulce, (dated) patată

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative batat batatul batați batații
genitive-dative batat batatului batați bataților
vocative batatule bataților

Further reading