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bata

Pronunciation: /ˈbataʔ/

“bata” is a Cebuano word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. child
  2. juvenile; young
  3. sprout
  4. protégé of someone of higher rank
  5. mistress
  6. woman's nightgown

adjective

  1. young

verb

  1. to spend someone's early years in; to spend childhood years in
  2. to grow up by or in an area or town
  3. to divide into equal parts or bundles to be sold

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataq, from Proto-Austronesian *bataq.

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