πατάτα
Greek (Cypriot)
noun
Definitions
- potato vegetable, plant or dish
- chips UK, fries US
- (figuratively) mistake, error
- (figuratively) something boring, uninteresting
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian patata (potato) derived from Taino batata (sweet potato).
Origin
Taino
batata
Gloss
sweet potato
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- potato English
- batatas Latin
- patata Italian
- patate French
- batata Spanish, Castilian
- patata Spanish, Castilian
- patatas Spanish, Castilian
- patatero Spanish, Castilian
- pelapatatas Spanish, Castilian
- pisapatatas Spanish, Castilian
- batata Portuguese
- práta Irish
- batata Catalan, Valencian
- patata Catalan, Valencian
- pataca Galician
- γλυκοπατάτα Greek (modern)
- πατάτα, πατάτες Greek (modern)
- πατατάκι Greek (modern)
- patata Maltese
- patata Sicilian
- patata Basque
- batata Kabuverdianu
- بطاط Gulf Arabic
- batata Taino