ate

• (US) IPA^(key): /eɪt/

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛt/, /eɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt, -eɪt
• Homophone: eight

ate

1. simple past tense of eat

   Synonym: et (colloquial)

• AET, ETA, TEA, Tea, a.e.t., aet, eat, eta, tea, æt.

ate

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of atar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of atar

ate

1. door, entrance
2. pass, gorge
3. goal

• IPA^(key): /ɑt̪e/

ate

1. to know, be knowledgable

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːtə/

ate

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of eten

From Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

ate

1. Obsolete spelling of yate

ate

1. Rōmaji transcription of あて

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

até

1. (anatomy) liver

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

ate

1. (anatomy) liver

• Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “ate”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 6
• Lamboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

ate

1. (anatomy) liver

ate

1. (informal) goodbye

   Synonyms: iki, viso gero

ate

1. he, him (personal pronoun)
2. she, her (personal pronoun)
3. it (personal pronoun)

From Proto-Polynesian *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

ate

1. (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)

ate

1. Alternative form of ote

• IPA^(key): /ʔate/

ate

1. liver

• The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 684

ate

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of atar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of atar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of atar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of atar

From Proto-Polynesian *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

ate

1. (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)

• IPA^(key): /ˈate/, [ˈat̪e]

Of Nahuatl origin.

ate m (plural ates)

1. a kind of Mexican jelly candy made by cooking fruit pulp, usually from guava, quince, peach or prickly pear.

   Synonym: dulce

See the etymology of the main entry.

ate

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of atar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of atar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of atar.

• “ate” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Borrowed from Hokkien 阿姊 (a-chí).

ate

1. a big sister: an elder sister, especially the eldest.

   Nagluto sina ate at nanay ng aming pananghalian. ― Our big sister and Mother prepared lunch.

2. (informal) any female who deserves respect or reverence because of her age

   Bumili ako ng pagkain kay ate. ― I bought my food from the food stall vendor.

3. (informal) Any female who belongs to a higher education level than to someone else, a senior

   Tinanong ko ang ate sa hayskul, "Ate, ano po ang mga gawain niyo sa hayskul". ― I asked my senior from high school, "What activities do you do in high school?"

• at
• atameṃ
• attai

ate

1. away

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “ate”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /aˈtɛ/

ate

1. ow, ouch (expressing pain in response to heat)

   Ate! Inyatapai itsei! ― Ow! [The] fire is hot! [I got singed or burned].

• E. Ireland field notes. Need to be checked by native speaker.