Greenlandic

Alternative forms

• (old orthography) Káta

Proper noun

Katta

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Kaalat
• Kattak
• Kattaliit

References

• Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, ISBN 978-87-990324-3-3
• Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland

Icelandic

Noun

katta

1. indefinite genitive plural of köttur

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• katten

Noun

katta m, f

1. definite feminine singular of katte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

katta f

1. definite singular of katte

Old Saxon

Etymology

Common to West and North Germanic: cognate with Old English catte, Old Frisian katte, Middle Dutch katte) (Dutch kat), Old High German kazza (German Katze), Old Norse ketta (Swedish katta). The word existed in the Germanic languages in a masculine gender also, represented in Old Saxon by katto. The word appears to be related to Late Latin cattus as well as to similar words in the Slavic and Celtic languages, but the ultimate source is uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkatta/

Noun

katta f

1. a female cat

Declension

Swedish

Noun

katta c

1. female cat; especially one which has had kittens

Declension

Related terms

• katt
• vildkatta

See also

• markatta

Uzbek

Adjective

katta

1. big
2. large
3. huge

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kattadak.

Verb

katta

1. to cover
2. to roof

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “закрыть, затягивать, крыть, накрыть, окутать, покрывать, сервировать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika