patta

patta (plural pattas)

1. Alternative form of pata (“type of sword”)

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo pata (“shoe”), from Portuguese sapato (“shoe”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.tɑ/, /ˈpɑ.taː/

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patta c (plural patta's, diminutive pattaatje n)

1. (slang, chiefly plural) shoe, in particular sneaker

• schoen

patta

1. illative singular of pada

patta

1. food

• Ritva Hemmilä, Orthography and Phonology Database: Islands and Momase Regions (Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1998), page 42, Guhu-Samane

• IPA^(key): /ˈpat.ta/
• Rhymes: -atta
• Hyphenation: pàt‧ta

Probably from Latin pacta, plural of pactum.

patta f (uncountable)

1. (sports) draw, tie

   fare patta ― to draw

• → Danish: pat
  • → Icelandic: patt
• → French: pat
  • → German: Patt
  • → Greek: πατ (pat)
  • → Polish: pat
  • → Serbo-Croatian: pat
  • → Slovak: pat

Borrowed from French patte.

patta f (plural patte)

1. (nautical) fluke (of an anchor)
2. fastening plate (of a windowframe, to the wall)
3. cloth grip (of a kitchen utensil), pot holder

   Synonym: presina

4. flipper (of a seal or turtle)

From Lombard *paita, from Lombardic paita, from Proto-West Germanic *paidu, from Proto-Germanic *paidō (“coat, smock, shirt”). Cognate with Old High German pfeit.

patta f (plural patte)

1. flap (of a pocket)
2. fly (of trousers)

• patta¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• patta² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• patta³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Eventually derived from Latin pactus (“pact”). Compare Italian impattare (“to equalise in a game”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpat.ta/

patta (imperfect jpatti, past participle mpatti, verbal noun tpattija)

1. to pay back, requite
   1. to reward, give something in exchange
   2. to take revenge

• patten

patta

1. definite feminine singular of patte

Compare Sanskrit पत्र (patra).

patta n

1. leaf
2. wing
3. feather

Compare Sanskrit पात्र (pātra).

patta m or n

1. bowl
2. alms bowl

• udakapatta

patta

1. past participle of pāpuṇāti (“to reach”)

As the second element of a compound, the initial 'p' is doubled.

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “patta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead