brata

Bislama

Etymology

From English brother. Cognate with Pijin brata and Tok Pisin barata.

Noun

brata

1. brother (male sibling)

   Coordinate term: sista

   Brata blong mi i stap long Vila.

   My brother lives in Port Vila.

2. (kinship) male cousin on father's side

   Synonym: kasen brata

   Brata blong papa blong mi i kam yestede.

   My father's side male cousin came yesterday.

3. (colloquial) mate, bro, friend (male companion)

   Synonym: fren

   Hei brata, yu go wea?

   Hey mate, where are you going?

4. (figurative, by extension) something superficially similar to something else

   Nangae hem i brata blong navele.

   The native almond is similar to the bush nut.

Usage notes

Children of one's father's brother or mother's sister may be referred to as brata (for males) and sista (for females). Some speakers distinguish these from full siblings by using kasen brata and kasen sista instead.

Interjection

brata

1. Used as an informal address term used between males: bro, friend, mate

   Synonyms: brat, bro

   Tankyu tumas, brata!

   Thanks a lot, bro!

Derived terms

• brata blong burao (“kind of tree (genus Macaranga)”)
• brata blong namariu (“wattle, barrel tree (Acacia simplex)”)
• brata blong nambakura (“false tamanu (Garcinia pseudoguttifera)”)
• brata blong wotakres (“slippery cabbage”)
• kasen brata (male cousin on mother's side)

See also

• tawian (“cross-cousin”)
• smolpapa (“father's sister's children”) (regional)

References

• Crowley, Terry (2003), A New Bislama Dictionary, 2nd edition, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, →ISBN, page 60

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit व्रत (vrata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbra.ta]
• Hyphenation: bra‧ta

Noun

brata (plural brata-brata)

1. (Hinduism) the act of ascetic

Further reading

• “brata”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɾˠat̪ˠə/

Noun

brata m

1. genitive singular of bratadh (“sheeting”)

Adjective

brata

1. (with le) carpeted, covered, coated, with
   1. (by extension) infested, swarming, with

Mutation

Mutated forms of brata

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brata	bhrata	mbrata

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “brata”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Pijin

Alternative forms

• barata

Etymology

From English brother. Cognate with Bislama brata and Tok Pisin barata.

Noun

brata

1. brother (male sibling)

   Brata blong mi siki nao.

   My brother is sick.

2. (kinship) classificatory brother (any male of the same generation within one's kin group)

   Olgeta brata blong mifala i kam fo kastom.

   All our brothers (male relatives) came for the kastom ceremony.

   Sometimes used in place of kasin to refer to all males of the same generation

3. (kinship) male sibling or cousin on either side of the family

   Hem brata blong mi long saed blong mama.

   He's my cousin on my mother's side.

4. (colloquial) comrade, friend, mate (male companion)

   Synonyms: bos, fren, bro

   Hei brata, yu kam helpem mi!

   Hey mate, come help me!

Usage notes

In the sense of "classificatory brother", older varieties of Pijin also applied this term to sisters and female cousins: Gele ia hemi brata blong mi (“That girl is my sister/female cousin”).

Interjection

brata!

1. gosh!; darn! (used as a mild expletive)

   Brata! No enisamting long aes nao.

   Gosh! There is nothing in the fridge.

References

• Jourdan, Christine with Maebiru, Ellen (2002), Pijin: A trilingual cultural dictionary (Pacific Linguistics; 526), Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 28

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbra.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: bra‧ta

Noun

brata m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of brat

Verb

brata

1. third-person singular present of bratać

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

brata

1. genitive singular of brat

Mutation

Mutation of brata

radical	lenition
brata	bhrata

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

brata (Cyrillic spelling брата)

1. genitive/accusative singular of brat

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrata/

Noun

brata

1. accusative singular of brat
2. genitive singular of brat

Tok Pisin

Noun

brata

1. alternative form of barata

References

• Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 12