patapata
Appearance
Cebuano
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧pa‧ta
Noun
[edit]patapata
- any of several damsels:
- the Philippine damsel (Pomacentrus philippinus)
- the Cape Verde gregory (Stegastes imbricatus)
- the lemon damsel (Pomacentrus moluccensis)
- the sapphire damsel (Pomacentrus pavo)
- the goldback damsel (Pomacentrus nigromanus)
- the Reid's damsel (Pomacentrus reidi)
- the yellow chromis (Chromis analis)
- the Alexander's damsel (Pomacentrus alexanderae)
- the threespot damsel (Pomacentrus tripunctatus)
- the brown damsel (Pomacentrus opisthostigma)
- the Smith's damsel (Pomacentrus smithi)
- the brackish damsel (Pomacentrus taeniometopon)
- the green puller (Chromis cinerascens)
- the brown damsel (Pomacentrus opisthostigma)
- the chocolatedip chromis (Chromis dimidiata)
- the doublebar chromis (Chromis opercularis)
- the cerulean damsel (Pomacentrus caeruleus)
- the Indonesian damsel (Pomacentrus melanochir)
- the blackspot damsel (Pomacentrus stigma)
- the Bleeker's damsel (Chrysiptera bleekeri)
Gun
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- kpátákpátá (Benin)
Etymology
[edit]Likely from Yoruba pátápátá, cognates include Fon kpátákpátá, Krio kpatakpata, Nigerian Pidgin kpatakpata, Basa kpátákpátá, Lukpa kpátákpátá, Akpes kpátákpátá, Olukumi kpátákpátá
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]pátápátá (Nigeria)
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]patapata
Nigerian Pidgin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]patapata or pátápátá
- Alternative form of kpatakpata (“completely”)
Yoruba
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reduplication of pátá. Cognates include Basa kpátákpátá, Lukpa kpátákpátá, Akpes kpátákpátá, Olukumi kpátákpátá, Nupe kpáátá.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]pátápátá
- completely
- Wọ́n ti jẹ àkàrà yẹn tán pátápátá ― They finshed the akara completely
Descendants
[edit]- → Nigerian Pidgin: kpatakpata, patapata
- → Gun: kpátákpátá, pátápátá
- → Fon: kpátákpátá
- → Krio: kpatakpata
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