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English

A woman performing a kata

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkætə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ætə

Etymology 1

From Japanese 型 (literally “pattern, model”). In English use since the 1950s.

Noun

kata (plural katas or kata)

1. (martial arts) Any of a sequence of positions and movements used in many martial arts.

   judo kata

   • 1979, Masatoshi Nakayama, Best Karate: Heian, Tekki, page 12:

     About fifty kata, or "formal exercises," are practiced at the present time, some having been passed down from generation to generation, others having been developed fairly recently.

   • 2006, Kelley MacAulay, Bobbie Kalman, Karate in Action, page 22:

     Katas are a series of motions, such as punches, strikes, and kicks, arranged in a specific pattern. The pattern allows the motions to flow into one another. A student must learn a new kata to advance to each new belt level.

   • 2009, Thomas W. Hanlon, The Sports Rules Book, Human Kinetics, page 161:

     When the competitor's name is called, she stands on the designated line, bows to the panel of judges, and announces the name of the kata she will perform. […] She then performs the kata. When she is finished, her opponent performs her kata. At the end of the second kata, both return to the mat area to await the decision of the judging panel.

   • 2010, Kenji Tokitsu, The Katas: The Meaning Behind the Movements:
2. (by extension, programming) A short programming exercise to improve one's skills through practice and repetition.

   Synonym: code kata

   • 2020, Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene, Head First C#‎^[1], O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 728:

     These kata will give you the C# syntax for inheritance.

Derived terms

• gun kata

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “downwards”). Compare cata-.

Noun

kata (plural katas)

1. Ellipsis of kata thermometer.
2. (in combination) A drop (in temperature).

   kata factor

Adverb

kata (comparative more kata, superlative most kata)

1. In a direction analogous to down, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.

   Antonym: ana

   • 1985, Rudy von Bitter Rucker, The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes, page 43:

     Your right half would move ana, let us say, and your left half would move kata. The two halves would, in their parallel spaces, move past the plane of rotation, and then they would swing back into our space.

   • 2005, Animation journal, volumes 13-15:

     Added to the conventional FPS control keys are two extra keys that move the player in ana and kata direction in 4d space. If you go in this extra direction the space around you changes, the room transforms.

Etymology 3

Noun

kata (plural katas)

1. Alternative form of gata (“type of Armenian pastry”).

Further reading

• kata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kata (programming) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• taka

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Noun

kata (plural kata dem, quantified kata)

1. a type of cloth

Betawi

Alternative forms

• katah, katè (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kata/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ka‧ta

Noun

kata

1. word

Verb

kata (active ngata, passive dikata)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to call names

   Synonym: èjèk

2. (transitive, intransitive) to suppose; to presume

   Synonyms: nyana, rèken

Derived terms

Affixed forms

• kata-katain
• katain
• sekata-kata

Compounds

• andé kata
• asal kata
• bagèn kata
• biar kata
• ibarat kata
• orang kata
• peribasa kata
• setilah kata

Chickasaw

Pronoun

kata

1. (interrogative) who
2. (interrogative) whose

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkata]

Noun

kata

1. genitive/accusative singular of kat

Esperanto

Etymology

kato (“cat”) +‎ -a (“adjective”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkata/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ka‧ta

Adjective

kata (accusative singular katan, plural kataj, accusative plural katajn)

1. feline

Finnish

Etymology 1

From dialectal Swedish skata (compare standard Swedish skate).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑtɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧ta

Noun

kata

1. (rustic, weaving) synonym of loimiletti

Declension

Inflection of kata (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)
nominative		kata	kadat
genitive		kadan	katojen
partitive		kataa	katoja
illative		kataan	katoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kata	kadat
accusative	nom.	kata	kadat
	gen.	kadan
genitive		kadan	katojen katain rare
partitive		kataa	katoja
inessive		kadassa	kadoissa
elative		kadasta	kadoista
illative		kataan	katoihin
adessive		kadalla	kadoilla
ablative		kadalta	kadoilta
allative		kadalle	kadoille
essive		katana	katoina
translative		kadaksi	kadoiksi
abessive		kadatta	kadoitta
instructive		—	kadoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of kata (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative katani katani accusative nom. katani katani gen. katani genitive katani katojeni kataini rare partitive kataani katojani inessive kadassani kadoissani elative kadastani kadoistani illative kataani katoihini adessive kadallani kadoillani ablative kadaltani kadoiltani allative kadalleni kadoilleni essive katanani katoinani translative kadakseni kadoikseni abessive kadattani kadoittani instructive — — comitative — katoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative katasi katasi accusative nom. katasi katasi gen. katasi genitive katasi katojesi kataisi rare partitive kataasi katojasi inessive kadassasi kadoissasi elative kadastasi kadoistasi illative kataasi katoihisi adessive kadallasi kadoillasi ablative kadaltasi kadoiltasi allative kadallesi kadoillesi essive katanasi katoinasi translative kadaksesi kadoiksesi abessive kadattasi kadoittasi instructive — — comitative — katoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative katamme katamme accusative nom. katamme katamme gen. katamme genitive katamme katojemme kataimme rare partitive kataamme katojamme inessive kadassamme kadoissamme elative kadastamme kadoistamme illative kataamme katoihimme adessive kadallamme kadoillamme ablative kadaltamme kadoiltamme allative kadallemme kadoillemme essive katanamme katoinamme translative kadaksemme kadoiksemme abessive kadattamme kadoittamme instructive — — comitative — katoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative katanne katanne accusative nom. katanne katanne gen. katanne genitive katanne katojenne katainne rare partitive kataanne katojanne inessive kadassanne kadoissanne elative kadastanne kadoistanne illative kataanne katoihinne adessive kadallanne kadoillanne ablative kadaltanne kadoiltanne allative kadallenne kadoillenne essive katananne katoinanne translative kadaksenne kadoiksenne abessive kadattanne kadoittanne instructive — — comitative — katoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative katansa katansa accusative nom. katansa katansa gen. katansa genitive katansa katojensa katainsa rare partitive kataansa katojaan katojansa inessive kadassaan kadassansa kadoissaan kadoissansa elative kadastaan kadastansa kadoistaan kadoistansa illative kataansa katoihinsa adessive kadallaan kadallansa kadoillaan kadoillansa ablative kadaltaan kadaltansa kadoiltaan kadoiltansa allative kadalleen kadallensa kadoilleen kadoillensa essive katanaan katanansa katoinaan katoinansa translative kadakseen kadaksensa kadoikseen kadoiksensa abessive kadattaan kadattansa kadoittaan kadoittansa instructive — — comitative — katoineen katoinensa

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑtɑˣ/, [ˈkɑ̝t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧ta

Verb

kata

1. inflection of kattaa:
   1. indicative present connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative present/present connegative

Anagrams

• akat, taka, taka-

Garo

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

kata

1. to run

Etymology 2

Probably from Assamese কথা (kotha)

Noun

kata

1. word

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kata, from Pali kathā, from Sanskrit कथा (kathā, “speech; story”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkata/ [ˈka.t̪a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ka‧ta

Noun

kata (plural kata-kata)

1. (semantics) word (the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language)
2. (uncommon) speech (something which has been said)

   Synonym: perkataan

Verb

kata (active mengata, passive dikata)

1. (chiefly colloquial) to say

   Synonyms: berkata, (informal) bilang, cakap

Usage notes

The active inflection is rarely used.

Affixations

• berkata (“to say”)
• (intransitive) berkata-kata (“to converse”)
• (uncommon) memperkatakan (“to talk about”)
• mengata-ngatai (“to insult”)
• mengatai (“to insult”)
• mengatakan (“to say”)
• perkataan (“remark”)
• terkatakan (“to be said; sayable”)

Compounds

• ilmu bentuk kata (“morphology”)
• ilmu bunyi kata (“phonology”)
• kelas kata (“word class, part of speech”)
• kosa kata (“vocabulary”)
• lawan kata (“antonym”)
• padan kata (“synonym”)
• pemilihan kata (“choice of word”)
• suku kata (“syllable”)
• tutur kata (“mode of speech”)

• kata adat
• kata akar
• kata alihan
• kata alu-aluan
• kata ambilan
• kata asli
• kata bantu
• kata bantu bilangan (“classifier”)
• kata benda (“noun”)
• kata bentukan (“derivation, derived word”)
• kata berimbuhan (“suffixed word”)
• kata berlawan (“antonym”)
• kata bersayap (“alluded word”)
• kata bersusun
• kata bertimbal (“antonym”)
• kata bilangan (“numeral”)
• kata bulat
• kata cinta (“love phrase”)
• kata dasar (“base word”)
• kata deiktis
• kata dengung
• kata depan (“preposition”)
• kata fonologis
• kata ganti (“pronoun”)
• kata ganti milik
• kata ganti orang
• kata ganti taktentu
• kata generik
• kata gramatikal
• kata hantu (“ghost word”)
• kata hati (“inner voice, feeling”)
• kata hikmat
• kata hubung (“conjunction”)
• kata indraan
• kata ingkar
• kata instruksi
• kata jadian (“derivation, derived word”)
• kata kasar (“profanity”)
• kata keadaan (“adjective”)
• kata kepala (“lemma word”)
• kata kerja (“verb”)
• kata kerja bantu
• kata keterangan (“adverb”)
• kata klise
• kata kotor (“bad word”)
• kata kunci (“keyword”)
• kata leksikal
• (rare) kata lewat (“password”)
• kata majemuk (“compound, compound words”)
• kata makian
• kata morfemis
• kata mubazir (“pleonasm, pleonasmic word”)
• kata murai
• kata mutiara
• kata nama (“noun”)
• kata nama abstrak (“noun”)
• kata nista
• kata nonreferensial
• kata orang
• kata ortografis
• kata pasti
• kata pembimbing
• kata pemutus
• kata pendahuluan (“foreword”)
• kata pengantar (“foreword”)
• kata penggolong (“classifier”)
• kata penghubung (“conjunction”)
• kata penuh
• kata penunjuk
• kata penutup
• kata penyambung
• kata penyemangat
• kata perangkai
• kata petunjuk
• kata pinjaman (“loanword”)
• kata pivot
• kata pokok
• kata pujangga
• (rare) kata pungutan (“loanword”)
• kata pustaka (“fancy word, portic word”)
• (uncommon) kata putus (“decision”)
• kata sambung (“conjunction”)
• kata sambutan (“opening speech”)
• kata sandang (“article, as in definite article”)
• kata sandi (“password”)
• kata sapaan (“greeting word”)
• kata searti (“synonym”)
• kata seasal (“cognate”)
• kata sebunyi (“homophone”)
• kata seeja (“homonym”)
• kata semu (“pseudoword”)
• kata sepaham
• kata sepakat (“agreement, consensus”)
• kata serapan (“loanword”)
• kata seru (“interjection”)
• kata sifat (“adjective”)
• kata susulan
• kata taktergolong (“unclassified word”)
• kata tambahan (“additional word, adverb”)
• kata tanya (“question word”)
• kata terbitan
• kata transisi (“transition, linking word”)
• kata tugas (“function word”)
• kata turunan (“derivation, derived word”)
• kata ulang (“reduplication, reduplicated word”)
• kata umpatan
• kata wantahan (“unadapted loanword”)

Further reading

• “kata”, 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

Japanese

Romanization

kata

1. Rōmaji transcription of かた

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəˈta/ [kəˈtä]

• Hyphenation: ka‧ta

Pronoun

kata

1. (inclusive) we, us

   Katamumu ― Only us, Just us.

   1. (as the subject of a verb)

      Minta kata anyang tawling banwa. ― We went last year.

   2. (as the subject of a nominal predicate); we are

      Anak nakata ning Ginu. ― We are children of God.

2. (with verb root or in the infinitive) let us, let's

   Maninap kata. ― Let's dream.

See also

Kapampangan personal pronouns

		absolute		ergative	oblique
		disjunctive	enclitic
first person	singular	aku/i aku/yaku	ku		kanaku
	plural inclusive	ikatamu	katamu/tamu	tamu/ta	kekatamu
	plural exclusive	ikami, ike	kami/ke	mi	kekami/keke
second person	singular	ika	ka	mu	keka
	plural	ikayu/iko	kayu/ko	yu	kekayu/keko
third person	singular	iya/ya	ya	na	keya/kaya
	plural	ila	la	da/ra	karela

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili kata.

Verb

-kata (infinitive kokata)

1. to cut

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali kathā, from Sanskrit कथा (kathā, “speech; story”).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈkatə/ [ˈka.t̪ə]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Rhymes: -atə, -tə, -ə

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈkata/ [ˈka.t̪a]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Rhymes: -ata, -ta, -a
• Hyphenation: ka‧ta

Noun

kata (Jawi spelling کات, plural kata-kata or kata²)

1. Something that has been said.

   Synonyms: cakap, ujar

   Mengikut kata doktor saya, kita sebaiknya tidur dalam gelap.

   Based on what my doctor has said, we'd best sleep in the dark.

2. A word.

   Synonym: perkataan

   Apa definisi kata ini?

   What is the definition of this word?

Verb

kata

1. To say.

   Synonyms: cakap, bilang (Singapore, Sabah)

   Dia kata tak boleh.

   He/She said we can't.

2. Infinitive of mengata.

Affixations

• berkata
• berkata-kata
• dikatakan
• katakan
• memperkatakan
• mengata
• mengatai, mengata-ngatai
• mengatakan
• perkataan
• sekata
• terkata
• terkata-kata
• terkatakan

Compounds

• ilmu bentuk kata
• kata adat
• kata akar (“root word”)
• kata alu-aluan
• kata bantu
• kata bantu bilangan
• kata basi
• kata bilangan
• kata bulat
• kata dasar, kata pokok (“base word”)
• kata dua
• kata entri, kata masukan
• kata ganti (“pronoun”)
• kata hati
• kata hikmat, kata pujangga
• kata hubung, kata penghubung, kata perangkai (“conjunction”)
• kata jadian, kata terbitan (“derived term”)
• kata kerja (“verb”)
• kata kerja pasif (“passive verb”)
• kata keterangan
• kata laluan (“password”)
• kata lawan, kata berlawan (“antonym”)
• kata majmuk (“compound noun”)
• kata membazir, kata mubazir
• kata nama (“noun”)
• kata nama am (“common noun”)
• kata nama khas (“proper noun”)
• kata nista
• kata orang
• kata pemutus, kata putus, kata pasti
• kata pendahuluan, kata penghantar, kata pengantar
• kata pinjaman, kata ambilan (“loanword”)
• kata sambutan
• kata sandang
• kata sasulan
• kata seasal (“cognate”)
• kata sebunyi (“homophone”)
• kata seerti (“synonym”)
• kata sendi nama (“preposition”)
• kata sepakat, kata sefaham
• kata seru (“interjection”)
• kata sifat (“adjective”)
• kata tugas (“function word”)
• kata ulang, kata berulang
• kosa kata (“vocabulary”)
• suku kata (“syllable”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: kata (inherited)

Further reading

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

Nupe

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kā.tā/

Noun

kata

1. house
2. room

See also

• èmì (“house; intergenerational compound comprised of kata”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kà.tà/

Noun

kàtà (plural kàtàzhì)

1. umbrella

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• कत (Devanagari script)
• কত (Bengali script)
• කත (Sinhalese script)
• ကတ or ၵတ (Burmese script)
• กต or กะตะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຕ or ກະຕະ (Lao script)
• កត (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit कृत (kṛta, “done”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥tás. Compare Hindi किया (kiyā), Middle Persian 𐭪𐭫𐭲 (klt /⁠-kirt⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɐ.t̪ɐ/

Verb

kata

1. past participle of karoti; done

Declension

Declension table of "kata" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kato	katā
Accusative (second)	kataṃ	kate
Instrumental (third)	katena	katehi or katebhi
Dative (fourth)	katassa or katāya or katatthaṃ	katānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	katasmā or katamhā or katā	katehi or katebhi
Genitive (sixth)	katassa	katānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	katasmiṃ or katamhi or kate	katesu
Vocative (calling)	kata	katā

Declension table of "katā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	katā	katāyo or katā
Accusative (second)	kataṃ	katāyo or katā
Instrumental (third)	katāya	katāhi or katābhi
Dative (fourth)	katāya	katānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	katāya	katāhi or katābhi
Genitive (sixth)	katāya	katānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	katāya or katāyaṃ	katāsu
Vocative (calling)	kate	katāyo or katā

Declension table of "kata" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kataṃ	katāni
Accusative (second)	kataṃ	katāni
Instrumental (third)	katena	katehi or katebhi
Dative (fourth)	katassa or katāya or katatthaṃ	katānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	katasmā or katamhā or katā	katehi or katebhi
Genitive (sixth)	katassa	katānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	katasmiṃ or katamhi or kate	katesu
Vocative (calling)	kata	katāni

Derived terms

• sukata
• dukkata

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɐtɐ]

Noun

kata

1. (anatomy) head
2. mind
3. (of a car) bonnet, hood
4. (of a lorry) cab

Derived terms

• katapi (“pillow”)
• kata kura (“headache”)
• kata kutjara (“two-faced”)
• kata tarka (“bald”)
• Kata Tjuṯa

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ka‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic قَات (qāt).

Noun

kata f

1. (rare) khat (plant)

   Synonym: czuwaliczka

Declension

Declension of kata

	singular	plural
nominative	kata	katy
genitive	katy	kat
dative	kacie	katom
accusative	katę	katy
instrumental	katą	katami
locative	kacie	katach
vocative	kato	katy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 型.

Noun

kata f (indeclinable)

1. (martial arts) kata

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

kata

1. (Kuyavia) expresses surprise or disdain; for the love of God

   Synonyms: boga, bogać, loboga, katać

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kata m pers or m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of kat

Further reading

• kata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rapa Nui

Verb

kata

1. laugh

Slovak

Noun

kata

1. genitive/accusative singular of kat

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-kata (infinitive kukata)

1. to cut (to break or sever, including in a metaphorical sense)
2. to buy (of tickets)
3. to bring to an end

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kata
Positive present -nakata Subjunctive -kate Negative -kati Imperative singular kata
Infinitives
Positive kukata Negative kutokata
Imperatives
Singular kata Plural kateni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukata Positive past positive subject concord + -likata Negative past negative subject concord + -kukata
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakata) Singular Plural 1st person ninakata/nakata tunakata 2nd person unakata mnakata 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakata wanakata other classes positive subject concord + -nakata
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kati) Singular Plural 1st person sikati hatukati 2nd person hukati hamkati 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakati hawakati other classes negative subject concord + -kati
Positive future positive subject concord + -takata Negative future negative subject concord + -takata
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kate) Singular Plural 1st person nikate tukate 2nd person ukate mkate 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akate wakate other classes positive subject concord + -kate
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikate Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekata Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekata Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikata Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikata
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akata) Singular Plural 1st person nakata twakata 2nd person wakata mwakata 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akata wakata m-mi(III/IV) wakata yakata ji-ma(V/VI) lakata yakata ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakata vyakata n(IX/X) yakata zakata u(XI) wakata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakata pa(XVI) pakata mu(XVIII) mwakata
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekata "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakata "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakata "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikata "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokata Consecutive kakata / positive subject concord + -kakata Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakate
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikata -tukata 2nd person -kukata -wakata/-kukateni/-wakateni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkata -wakata m-mi(III/IV) -ukata -ikata ji-ma(V/VI) -likata -yakata ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikata -vikata n(IX/X) -ikata -zikata u(XI) -ukata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukata pa(XVI) -pakata mu(XVIII) -mukata Reflexive -jikata
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kata- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kataye -katao m-mi(III/IV) -katao -katayo ji-ma(V/VI) -katalo -katayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -katacho -katavyo n(IX/X) -katayo -katazo u(XI) -katao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -katako pa(XVI) -katapo mu(XVIII) -katamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kata) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekata -okata m-mi(III/IV) -okata -yokata ji-ma(V/VI) -lokata -yokata ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokata -vyokata n(IX/X) -yokata -zokata u(XI) -okata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokata pa(XVI) -pokata mu(XVIII) -mokata
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -katisha (“to cancel”), -katiza (“to interrupt”)
  • Passive: -katwa (“to get cut”)
  • Reduplicative: -katakata (“to mince, dice”)
  • Stative: -katika (“to be cut”)
  • Other formations: -kata choo (“to interrupt (idiomatic)”), -kata tamaa (“to despair”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • mkato
  • ukataji (“cutting”)

Etymology 2

Noun

kata class IX (plural kata class X)

1. (Kenya) An administrative region in Kenya, below counties and subcounties, and further divided into sublocations.

   Synonym: (Tanzania) shehia

Derived terms

• kata ndogo (“sublocation”)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /kaˈtaʔ/ [kɐˈt̪aʔ]
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkataʔ/ [ˈkaː.t̪ɐʔ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: ka‧ta

Noun

katâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ)

1. alternative form of katha

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈtaʔ/ [kɐˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧ta

Noun

katâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ)

1. start of bubbling of rice being boiled

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈta/ [kɐˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ka‧ta

Pronoun

katá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ)

1. (archaic, now dialectal) we (inclusive of the person spoken to)

See also

Tagalog personal pronouns

Person	Number	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)
First	singular	ako	ko	akin
	dual1	kita, kata	nita, nata, ta	kanita, kanata, ata
	plural inclusive	tayo	natin	atin
	plural exclusive	kami	namin	amin
First & Second	singular	kita2
Second	singular	ikaw, ka	mo	iyo
	plural	kayo, kamo	ninyo, niyo	inyo
Third	singular	siya	niya	kaniya
	plural	sila	nila	kanila

¹ First person dual pronouns are not commonly used in Standard Tagalog.
² Replaces ko ikaw.

Interjection

katá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ)

1. (dialectal, Southern Tagalog) let's go! (invitation of doing something together)

   Synonyms: katang, tara, tarang, tayo, tayong

References

• “kata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• taka, akat, atak

Tongan

Verb

kata

1. to laugh

Volapük

Noun

kata

1. genitive singular of kat

Western Highland Chatino

Etymology

From Proto-Chatino *kesa (“tobacco”), from Proto-Zapotecan *keʔsa.

Noun

kata⁴

1. cigar, cigarette

Related terms

• lkaꞌ kata

References

• Pride, Leslie; Pride, Kitty (2010), Diccionario chatino de la zona alta: Panixtlahuaca, Oaxaca y otros pueblos‎^[2] (in Spanish), 2nd (electronic) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 40

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mixtec *kátá.

Verb

kata

1. (transitive) sing

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

kata

1. (intransitive) have an itch

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012), Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[3] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 27