тату

See also: татю and тятю

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic تاتۋ
Cyrillic тату
Latin tatu

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tāt-. Compare to Southern Altai таат- (taat-, taste), Turkish tatmak, etc.

Verb

тату • (tatu)

  1. to taste

Russian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tattoo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɐˈtu]

Noun

тату́ • (tatún inan (indeclinable)

  1. tattoo (an image made in the skin with ink and a needle)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtatʊ]

Noun

та́ту • (tátum anim

  1. accusative singular of та́та (táta)

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dāt (good taste). Cognate with Kazakh тәтті (tättı), Nogai таьтли (tätli), Kyrgyz таттуу (tattuu), Crimean Tatar tatlı, Kumyk татли (tatli), Tatar татлы (tatlı), Azerbaijani dadlı, Turkish tatlı, Turkmen datly, Uzbek totli, Western Yugur tatïɣ, / tattïɣ, etc.

Adjective

тату • (tatu)

  1. sweet

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “тату”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tattoo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɐˈtu]

Noun

тату́ • (tatún inan (indeclinable)

  1. tattoo (an image made in the skin with ink and a needle)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtatʊ]

Noun

та́ту • (tátum pers

  1. dative singular of та́то (táto)
    Synonym: та́тові (tátovi)
  2. vocative singular of та́то (táto)