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tata

Pronunciation: /ˈtata/

“tata” is a Tagalog word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. term of address used for one's father
  2. respectful term of address used for an older man
  3. term of address used for an uncle
  4. small, thin cut made on the edge of something to indicate a mark or sign (as in measuring or counting)
  5. cut used as a foothold in climbing (made on the trunk of a tree, on a steep rock, etc.)
  6. act of splitting by marking (as when one splits the husk to make a coconut a drinking vessel)
  7. tree with several cut marks
  8. shriek of a mouse

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Philippine Spanish tata (“daddy”), possibly imitative from baby talk. Compare Ilocano tata, Chamorro tåta, Aymara tata (“father”), Latin tata, and Classical Nahuatl tata. See also Classical Nahuatl tahtli.

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