peta

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpe.ta]

peta

1. inflection of petar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Back-formation from petar (“to knock”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛtɐ]

peta f (plural petas)

1. pickaxe

   Synonym: picaraña

2. whim; will

   Synonym: gana

• petar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “peta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “peta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “peta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

peta

1. inflection of petar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Malay peta, perhaps from Sanskrit भूपट (bhūpaṭa, “map”) as भू (bhū, “earth”) +‎ पट (paṭa, “garment”). Similar construction in Latin mappa mundī (“map”), compound of mappa (“napkin, cloth”) + mundus (“world”).

• IPA^(key): /pəˈta/
• Rhymes: -ta, -a
• Hyphenation: pê‧ta

pêta (plural peta-peta)

1. (geography) map (a visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features)

• kartu

• “peta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Possibly from Sanskrit भूपट (bhūpaṭa, “map”) as भू (bhū, “earth”) +‎ पट (paṭa, “garment”). Similar construction in Latin mappa mundī (“map”), compound of mappa (“napkin, cloth”) + mundus (“world”).

• IPA^(key): /pəta/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [pətə]
• Rhymes: -əta, -ta, -a

peta (Jawi spelling ڤتا, plural peta-peta)

1. map

   Mari kita mencari itu di peta.

   Let's find it in the map.

• > Indonesian: peta (inherited)

• "peta" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “peta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• petta

Either of Romance origin, cognate to French petit, or from a native word, *feta, *ṡetta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲetə/

peta m

1. pet (usually of a tame or domesticated animal)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• petacht

• Irish: peata
• Scottish Gaelic: peata

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pet(t)a”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रेत (preta).

peta m

1. ghost

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: pe‧ta

peta m

1. genitive singular of pet

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• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧ta

peta f (plural petas)

1. fib

• petta (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

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

peta f (plural petas)

1. (Sutsilvan) a cake in the shape of a loaf

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pęta. Cognate with Bulgarian пета (peta), Slovene peta, Russian пята (pjata), Slovak päta. Non-Slavic cognates include Pashto پونده (pūndaʿh, “heel”) and Old Prussian pentis.

• IPA^(key): /pěːta/
• Hyphenation: pe‧ta

péta f (Cyrillic spelling пе́та)

1. heel

• “peta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Proto-Slavic *pęta. Cognate with Bulgarian пета (peta), Serbo-Croatian пета/peta, Russian пята (pjata), Slovak päta. Non-Slavic cognates include Pashto پونده (pūndaʿh, “heel”) and Old Prussian pentis.

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̀ːta/

péta f

1. heel

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	pêta
gen. sing.	pête
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pêta	pêti	pête
genitive (rodȋlnik)	pête	pêt	pêt
dative (dajȃlnik)	pêti	pêtama	pêtam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pêto	pêti	pête
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pêti	pêtah	pêtah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pêto	pêtama	pêtami

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	pêta
gen. sing.	peté
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pêta	peté	peté
genitive (rodȋlnik)	peté	petá	petá
dative (dajȃlnik)	pêti	petáma	petàm
accusative (tožȋlnik)	petó	peté	peté
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pêti	petàh	petàh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	petó	petáma	petámi

• “peta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “peta”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeta/ [ˈpe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: pe‧ta

From Aymara or Quechua.

peta f (plural petas)

1. (Bolivia) turtle

   Synonym: tortuga

peta

1. inflection of petar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023) “peta”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

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-peta (infinitive kupeta)

1. to fold, bend

Conjugation of -peta
Positive present -napeta Subjunctive -pete Negative -peti Imperative singular peta
Infinitives
Positive kupeta Negative kutopeta
Imperatives
Singular peta Plural peteni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupeta Positive past positive subject concord + -lipeta Negative past negative subject concord + -kupeta
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napeta) Singular Plural 1st person ninapeta/napeta tunapeta 2nd person unapeta mnapeta 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapeta wanapeta other classes positive subject concord + -napeta
Negative present (negative subject concord + -peti) Singular Plural 1st person sipeti hatupeti 2nd person hupeti hampeti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapeti hawapeti other classes negative subject concord + -peti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapeta Negative future negative subject concord + -tapeta
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pete) Singular Plural 1st person nipete tupete 2nd person upete mpete 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apete wapete other classes positive subject concord + -pete
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipete Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepeta Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepeta Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipeta Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipeta
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apeta) Singular Plural 1st person napeta twapeta 2nd person wapeta mwapeta 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apeta wapeta m-mi(III/IV) wapeta yapeta ji-ma(V/VI) lapeta yapeta ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapeta vyapeta n(IX/X) yapeta zapeta u(XI) wapeta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapeta pa(XVI) papeta mu(XVIII) mwapeta
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepeta "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapeta "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japeta "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipeta "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopeta Consecutive kapeta / positive subject concord + -kapeta Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapete
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipeta -tupeta 2nd person -kupeta -wapeta/-kupeteni/-wapeteni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpeta -wapeta m-mi(III/IV) -upeta -ipeta ji-ma(V/VI) -lipeta -yapeta ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipeta -vipeta n(IX/X) -ipeta -zipeta u(XI) -upeta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupeta pa(XVI) -papeta mu(XVIII) -mupeta Reflexive -jipeta
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -peta- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -petaye -petao m-mi(III/IV) -petao -petayo ji-ma(V/VI) -petalo -petayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -petacho -petavyo n(IX/X) -petayo -petazo u(XI) -petao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -petako pa(XVI) -petapo mu(XVIII) -petamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -peta) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepeta -opeta m-mi(III/IV) -opeta -yopeta ji-ma(V/VI) -lopeta -yopeta ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopeta -vyopeta n(IX/X) -yopeta -zopeta u(XI) -opeta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopeta pa(XVI) -popeta mu(XVIII) -mopeta
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic. Possibly connected with the stem in words like pitt, påta, putta, pilla, and peka.

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peta (present petar, preterite petade, supine petat, imperative peta)

1. (often with på or i) to poke, to pick ((lightly) touch or fiddle, prod or jam)

   peta näsan / peta i näsan / peta sig i näsan

   pick one's nose

   Han petade på det lilla djuret med pekfingret

   He poked the little animal with his index finger

   Margit var kräsmagad och petade alltid bort oliverna ur salladen

   Margit was a picky eater and always picked ("poked") the olives out of the salad

   1. (chiefly with i) to poke (to promote burning)
2. (often sports, colloquial) to remove, drop, to cut (remove, often from a team or the like, but also more general)

   Hon blev petad ur laget

   She was dropped from the team ("poked out of the team")

   Det var Nisses låt som till slut petade bort The Beatles från förstaplatsen på listorna

   It was Nisse's song that finally knocked The Beatles off the top of the charts ("poked away The Beatles")

• petmoj

• peta bort
• peta in
• peta sig i näsan
• peta ut
• petning

• peta in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• peta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)