peta

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [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

• “peta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “peta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “peta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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, first-person possessive petaku, second-person possessive petamu, third-person possessive petanya)

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, informal 1st possessive petaku, 2nd possessive petamu, 3rd possessive petanya)

1. map

• Indonesian: peta

• "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

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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

Unknown.[1][2]

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧ta

peta f (plural petas)

1. fib

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

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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

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

• “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

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")

• 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)