abati

See also: Abati, abatí, ábati, and abați

Albanian

Noun

abati

1. inflection of abat:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite dative/ablative singular

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈβa.ti]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈba.ti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈba.ti]

Verb

abati

1. inflection of abatre:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Ewe

Etymology

From aba (“bed, sleeping mat”) +‎ ti (“tree, wood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.bà.tí/, [à.bà.t̪í]

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Noun

àbàtí (definite singular àbàtí lá or àbàtíá, plural àbàtíwó, definite plural àbàtíáwó)

1. bedstead, bedframe
2. (by extension) bed

Derived terms

• abatimegaɖaɖokui (“bedspring”)
• abatimegadza (“bedspring”)

Related terms

• aba

References

• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “abati”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎ (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 6
• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “abati”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎ (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 31
• Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “abati”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 6

Galician

Verb

abati

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of abater

Italian

Noun

abati m pl

1. plural of abate

Noun

abati m pl

1. plural of abato

Anagrams

• abita, baita

Latvian

Noun

abati f

1. accusative/instrumental singular of abate

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• abaxi (Língua Geral Paulista)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aβati.

Cognate with Paraguayan Guarani avati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.βaˈti/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ti

Noun

abati (unpossessable)

1. maize; corn (Zea mays)

Derived terms

• abati'i
• abati'y
• abatiatã
• abatieté
• abatigûasu
• abatimirĩ
• abatipeba
• Abatiposanga
• abatitinga
• abatityba
• abatiúna
• Abatiúna

Descendants

• Nheengatu: awatí
• → Krenak: jauatü
• → Portuguese: abati, avati, auati

References

• Hans Staden (1557), chapter XVII, in Warhaftige Hiſtoria [True History], volume 1 (overall work in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page: “Abbati [Abati]”
• anonymous author (1622), “Milho, gnrl.”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 38: “Abati”
• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “abati”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 8, column 2

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baˈt͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈti/ [ɐ.βɐˈti]

• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ti

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Tupi abati.

Alternative forms

• avati, auati

Noun

abati m (plural abatis)

1. (Brazil) corn; maize

   Synonym: milho

   • 1936, Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, “Botica da natureza”, in O homem cordial‎, São Paulo: Schwarcz S.A., published 2012, →ISBN, page 65:

     Assim é que, na mandioca, vinham procurar o honesto pão de trigo, no pinhão da araucária, a castanha europeia; no abati, o milho, milho alvo do reino.

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Related terms

• abatiapé
• abatiguera
• abatimirim
• abativi
• batité

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

abati

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of abater

Further reading

• “abati”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025