gatas

See also: gâtas and gåtas

Languages (32)

English

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Page categories

English

Noun

gatas

1. plural of gata

Anagrams

• Agtas, agast

Aklanon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡatas/ [ˈɡaː.t̪as]
• Rhymes: -atas
• Syllabification: ga‧tas

Noun

gátas

1. milk

Asi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. milk

Binukid

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. milk

Bolinao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. milk

Brooke's Point Palawano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. milk

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga‧tas
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡatas/ [ˈɡa.t̪ɐs̪]

Noun

gatas

1. milk

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:gatas.

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡatas/ [ˈɡa.tas]
• Hyphenation: ga‧tas

Noun

gátas (Basahan spelling ᜄᜆᜐ᜔)

1. milk

   Synonym: letse (only in certain expressions)

Derived terms

• gatasan
• maggatas

Anagrams

• tagas

Central Dusun

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. breast milk

Central Sama

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. milk

Coastal Kadazan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. breast milk

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. milk

Ida'an

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. milk (of an animal)

References

• Webonary: Begak Dictionary

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. milk

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡatas/ [ˈɡaː.tʌs]
  • Rhymes: -atas
• (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡatah/ [ˈɡaː.tʌh]
  • Rhymes: -atah
• Syllabification: ga‧tas

Noun

gatas

1. milk

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of gatas

Southern / Central
Mt. Province	Tadian	gatas, (Lubon) gatah, (Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) gatah
	Bauko	gatas, (Banao, Bila, Otucan) gatah
	Sabangan	gatas, (Tambingan, Supang, Data, Lagan, Losad, Poblacion) gatas, (Bun-ayan, Pingad, Bao-angan, Camatagan, Napua, Gayang, Capinitan, Busa, Namatec) gatah

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog gatas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡatəs/ [ˈɡa.təs]
• Hyphenation: ga‧tas

Noun

gátas

1. milk

Kayapa Kallahan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. milk

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. milk

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. milk

References

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎^[1] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. milk

Northern Catanduanes Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. milk

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.tɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.tɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.tɐʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.tɐʃ/

• Hyphenation: ga‧tas

Noun

gatas

1. plural of gata

Etymology 2

Verb

gatas

1. second-person singular present indicative of gatar

Rungus

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. breast milk

References

• Webonary: Rungus Dictionary

Sambali

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. milk

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡatas/ [ˈɡa.t̪as]
• Rhymes: -atas
• Syllabification: ga‧tas

Noun

gatas f pl

1. plural of gata

Swedish

Noun

gatas

1. indefinite genitive singular of gata

Anagrams

• agats, gasta, tagas

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas. Compare Nias ota (“udder”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈɡatas/ [ˈɡ̠aː.t̪ɐs] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -atas
  • IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtas/ [ɡ̠ɐˈt̪as] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ga‧tas

Noun

gatas (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆᜐ᜔)

1. milk
2. milking (of a mammal)

   Synonym: paggatas

3. (slang, figurative) act of exploiting someone or something (especially to get money)

Derived terms

• bahong-gatas
• Daang Malagatas
• gatas-gatas
• gatasan
• gumatas
• kagatasan
• kapatid-sa-gatas
• kulay-gatas
• langaw at gatas
• magatas
• maggagatas
• maggatas
• magkagatas
• magkapatid-sa-gatas
• magpagatas
• malagatas
• manggagatas
• mapagatas
• may gatas pa sa labi
• pagatas
• pagatasan
• paggatas
• paggatasan
• tagagatas

Descendants

• → Kapampangan: gatas

See also

• gata
• katas

Adjective

gatás (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆᜐ᜔)

1. milked
2. (slang, figurative) exploited

Etymology 2

Derived from Proto-Austronesian *-tas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtas/ [ɡ̠ɐˈt̪as]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ga‧tas

Noun

gatás (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆᜐ᜔)

1. trail; footpath recognized by less and thinner growth of weeds and grass

   Synonyms: daan, daanan, landas, bagtas, bulaos

2. (obsolete) clearing of a trail by cutting branches (either for setting snares or marking the way back)

   Synonym: agtas

Derived terms

• gatasan
• gatasin
• gumatas
• ipanggatas
• maggatas
• manggagatas
• manggatas

Related terms

• agtas
• aktas
• bagtas
• balagtas
• batas
• bigtas
• gitas
• lagtas

Further reading

• “gatas”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “gatas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 8: “Abrir) Gatas (pc) ſenda para poner laços”
  • page 385: “Leche) Gatas (pp) de qual quier hembra”
  • page 454: “Ordeñar) Gatas (pp) hembras”
  • page 549: “Senda) Gatas (pc) para pajaros”

Anagrams

• gasta, tagas, sagat

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ɡatas/ [ɡɑˈt̪as]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ga‧tas

Noun

gatas (Sulat Sūg spelling ݢَتَسْ)

1. milk

Tboli

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. milk

Tobilung

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. breast milk

References

• Webonary: Tobilung Dictionary

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. milk

Yakan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas.

Noun

gatas

1. milk