batas

See also: batás and bâtas

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧tas

Verb

batas

  1. to cut down and harvest a bamboo culm

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbatas/

Verb

batas

  1. present of bati

Galician

Verb

batas

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of bater

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbatas/

Verb

batas

  1. present of batar

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay batas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batəs. Doublet of watas. Cognate of Iban batas (raised path), Toba Batak batos, Javanese ꦮꦠꦼꦱ꧀ (wates), Balinese bates, and Sasak bates.

Pronunciation

Noun

batas

  1. border (the outer edge of something)
  2. limit (a restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go)

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Lithuanian

Noun

bãtas m stress pattern 2

  1. shoe
  2. boot

Declension

Declension of batas
nominative batas
genitive bato
dative batui
accusative batą
instrumental batu
locative bate
vocative bate

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batəs. Cognate of Iban batas (raised path), Toba Batak batos, Javanese ꦮꦠꦼꦱ꧀ (wates), Balinese bates, and Sasak bates.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈba.tas]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tas

Noun

batas (Jawi spelling باتس, plural batas-batas)

  1. limit: a restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.

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Maranao

Noun

batas

  1. (card games) suit

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑː.tɑs/

Noun

bātas

  1. nominative/accusative plural of bāt

Portuguese

Verb

batas

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of bater

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbatas/ [ˈba.t̪as]
  • Rhymes: -atas
  • Syllabification: ba‧tas

Noun

batas f pl

  1. plural of bata

Verb

batas

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of batir

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Possibly from Cebuano batas (proposition of a rule or law), or back-formation from Cebuano batasan (custom; tradition).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈtas/ [bɐˈt̪as]
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: ba‧tas

Noun

batás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜐ᜔)

  1. law
    Synonyms: kautusan, (archaic) ley
  2. decree
    Synonym: dekreto
  3. command
    Synonyms: utos, mando
  4. (obsolete) notification of an order or mandate
    Synonym: pahayag
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bə(ʀ)tas (tear, rip open (as cloth or stitches), snap (as string)) via Malay betas (ripping open, splitting open). Possible doublet of bagtas and bigtas.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbatas/ [ˈbaː.t̪ɐs]
  • Rhymes: -atas
  • Syllabification: ba‧tas

Noun

batas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜐ᜔)

  1. unstitching of clothes
    Synonym: tastas
  2. shortcut (such as estuary when traveling by water)
    Synonym: bagtasan
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