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pata.

cauldron (large bowl-shaped pot)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɑtɑ/[ˈpɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
  1. cauldron (large bowl-shaped pot)

  2. pot (typically one made of thick material such as cast iron or pottery for slow cooking or storing food)

  3. stew, hot pot, chowder (dish prepared in such vessel)

  4. barrage (type of firework)

  5. beating, licking

    vetää jotakuta pataan
    saada pataan, ottaa pataan
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *pata (compare Estonian pada), from Proto-Uralic *pata (compare Hungarian fazék).

noun/ˈpɑtɑ/[ˈpɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
  1. spades (suit in playing cards)

    patakymppi
  2. spade (a card of spades)

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Swedish spader (“spades”), from German Spaten, after Spanish espada and/or Italian spada (“sword”), originally used for the suit of swords in the Latin suits which corresponds to spades in the French suits. Likely associated with pata (etymology 1) by folk etymology.

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