nata

nata

1. definite nominative singular of natë

• ñata

• IPA^(key): /ˈnata/ [ˈna.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: na‧ta

nata f (plural nates)

1. cream

• “nata”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “nata”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /natə/
• Hyphenation: na‧ta

Borrowed from Old Javanese naṭa (“actor, dancer, mime”), from Sanskrit नाट (nāṭa, “dancing”).

nata (Balinese script ᬦᬵᬝ)

1. dance

Borrowed from Old Javanese nātha (“ruler, protector”), from Sanskrit नाथ (nātha, “lord, master, protector”).

nata (Balinese script ᬦᬵᬣ)

1. lord, master, protector

From na- + Proto-Oceanic *tasik, the latter from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik. Compare South Efate natas, North Efate natasi, Fijian taci and Māori tai

• IPA^(key): /nata/

nata

1. sea

• Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *natta, from Latin matta.

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

• Audio (Valencia):

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nata f (plural nates)

1. cream (dairy product)

• “nata”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “nata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “nata” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nata” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• ngata, nyata

• IPA^(key): /ˈnataʔ/ [ˈn̪a.taʔ]
• Hyphenation: na‧ta

natà (Basahan spelling ᜈᜆ)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon, interrogative) why

   Synonyms: tano, hadaw, bakin, tadaw, porke

Unknown. Seemingly first used for chickweed.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑtɑ/, [ˈnɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
• Syllabification^(key): na‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): na‧ta

nata

1. (botany) fescue (Festuca)

• “nata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• -ntaa, taan

1257. Probably from the same origin as the French natte (“mat”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈnata/ [ˈna.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: na‧ta

nata f (plural natas)

1. cream
2. milk skin

   Synonym: tona

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “nata”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nata”, 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), “nata”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nata”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: nà‧ta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nata f sg

1. feminine singular of nato

nata f sg

1. feminine singular of nato
2. née

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nata

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

• Tana, anta, tana

nata

1. Rōmaji transcription of なた

The sense of "girl" possibly developed under the influence of Gaulish.^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.ta]

nāta

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

nāta f (genitive nātae); first declension

1. (strictly) female child; daughter
2. (loosely) girl

First-declension noun.

• Spanish: nada

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.taː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.ta]

nātā

1. ablative feminine singular of nātus

nātā

1. ablative singular of nāta (“daughter”)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈna.taː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.ta]

natā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of natō

• “nata”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nata”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "nata", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) according to circumstances: pro re (nata), pro tempore
    

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *natǭ of unclear origin.

nata ?

1. spear
2. nettle

• Faroese: nota
• Gutnish: nata
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nata
• ⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: brennuttu

From na.

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈna.ta]

nata

1. (Far Masovian, to a group of people) take it! here!

   Coordinate term: (singular) na

• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894), “nata”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 115

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: na‧ta

From Vulgar Latin *natta, variant of Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)).

• natta (obsolete)

nata f (plural natas)

1. cream (oily part of milk)
2. (in the plural) whipped cream
3. (figurative) cream of the crop (the best of something)
   • 1978, Chico Buarque, “Homenagem ao Malandro [Homage to the Scoundrel]”, in Chico Buarque, Phonogram:

     Eu fui fazer um samba em homenagem / À nata da malandragem

     I went to write a samba in homage / To the cream of swindling

4. (figurative) the elite; high society

   Synonyms: alta sociedade, elite

5. ellipsis of pastel de nata

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nata

1. feminine singular of nato

• “nata”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “nata”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈnata/ [ˈna.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: na‧ta

Borrowed from French natte (“mat”),^[1] in the sense of cream covering milk as a mat covers a floor.

nata f (plural natas)

1. cream (dairy product)

   Synonym: crema f

2. skin (on boiled milk)
3. elite

   Synonym: élite

4. (in the plural) whipped cream; custard

   Synonym: chantillí

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nata f

1. feminine singular of nato

• “nata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.tɑ/

• Audio (Kenya):

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nata (invariable)

1. sticky

   Mapendekezo ya mada nata ― Sticky topic suggestions

   Kukabiliana na mambo nata ― To deal with sticky issues

-nata (infinitive kunata)

1. to be viscous
2. to stick, to adhere to
3. to be concentrated on

Conjugation of -nata
Positive present -nanata Subjunctive -nate Negative -nati Imperative singular nata
Infinitives
Positive kunata Negative kutonata
Imperatives
Singular nata Plural nateni
Tensed forms
Habitual hunata Positive past positive subject concord + -linata Negative past negative subject concord + -kunata
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanata) Singular Plural 1st person ninanata/nanata tunanata 2nd person unanata mnanata 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ananata wananata other classes positive subject concord + -nanata
Negative present (negative subject concord + -nati) Singular Plural 1st person sinati hatunati 2nd person hunati hamnati 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hanati hawanati other classes negative subject concord + -nati
Positive future positive subject concord + -tanata Negative future negative subject concord + -tanata
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -nate) Singular Plural 1st person ninate tunate 2nd person unate mnate 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anate wanate other classes positive subject concord + -nate
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sinate Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngenata Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singenata Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalinata Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalinata
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -anata) Singular Plural 1st person nanata twanata 2nd person wanata mwanata 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anata wanata m-mi(III/IV) wanata yanata ji-ma(V/VI) lanata yanata ki-vi(VII/VIII) chanata vyanata n(IX/X) yanata zanata u(XI) wanata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwanata pa(XVI) panata mu(XVIII) mwanata
Perfect positive subject concord + -menata "Already" positive subject concord + -meshanata "Not yet" negative subject concord + -janata "If/When" positive subject concord + -kinata "If not" positive subject concord + -siponata Consecutive kanata / positive subject concord + -kanata Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kanate
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -ninata -tunata 2nd person -kunata -wanata/-kunateni/-wanateni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mnata -wanata m-mi(III/IV) -unata -inata ji-ma(V/VI) -linata -yanata ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kinata -vinata n(IX/X) -inata -zinata u(XI) -unata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kunata pa(XVI) -panata mu(XVIII) -munata Reflexive -jinata
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -nata- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -nataye -natao m-mi(III/IV) -natao -natayo ji-ma(V/VI) -natalo -natayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -natacho -natavyo n(IX/X) -natayo -natazo u(XI) -natao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -natako pa(XVI) -natapo mu(XVIII) -natamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -nata) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yenata -onata m-mi(III/IV) -onata -yonata ji-ma(V/VI) -lonata -yonata ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chonata -vyonata n(IX/X) -yonata -zonata u(XI) -onata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -konata pa(XVI) -ponata mu(XVIII) -monata
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

From Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *mata.

nata

1. eye