alata

See also: alatā

Estonian

Noun

alata

1. abessive singular of ala

Verb

alata

1. da-infinitive of algama

Italian

Participle

alata f sg

1. feminine singular of alato

Latin

Adjective

ālāta

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

Adjective

ālātā

1. ablative feminine singular of ālātus

References

• alata in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Alata

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German alat, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *al- (“white, shiny”), first mentioned in 18th-century sources.

Pronunciation

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Noun

alata f (4th declension)

1. common bleak (small river fish of the family Cyprinidae, species Alburnus alburnus)

   alatu dzimta ― grayling (taxonomic) family

   ej tikai pie upes un velc zivis ārā: asarus ar tārpu, raudas ar sienāzi, bet foreles, alatas;, sīgas un citas gudrākas zivis ar mušu vai kāpuru. ― just go to the river and pull the fish out: perches with a worm, roaches with a grasshopper; but trouts, graylings, whitefish and other smarter fish with a fly or a fly larva

Declension

Declension of alata (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	alata	alatas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	alatu	alatas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	alatas	alatu
dative (datīvs)	alatai	alatām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	alatu	alatām
locative (lokatīvs)	alatā	alatās
vocative (vokatīvs)	alata	alatas

Saramaccan

Etymology

From English rat or borrowed from Spanish la rata, or perhaps Portuguese o rato.

Noun

alata

1. rat

Sranan Tongo

Alata

Etymology

From English rat or borrowed from Spanish rata, or less likely Dutch rat. For the initial vowel, compare alen from English rain and aleisi from Dutch rijs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlata/, [a̠ˈla̠ta̠], [ɑ̟ˈlɑ̟tɑ̟]

Noun

alata

1. rat

Derived terms

• alatapasi (“narrow path”)
• alatasneki (“tan racer”)