batas

• Hyphenation: ba‧tas

batas

1. to cut down and harvest a bamboo culm

• IPA^(key): /ˈbatas/

batas

1. present of bati

batas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of bater

• IPA^(key): /ˈbatas/

batas

1. present of batar

• bates (informal)

From Malay batas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batəs. Doublet of watas. Cognate of Iban batas (“raised path”), Toba Batak batos, Javanese ꦮꦠꦼꦱ꧀ (wates), Balinese ᬩᬢᭂᬲ (bates), and Sasak bates.

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.tas]
• Hyphenation: ba‧tas

batas (first-person possessive batasku, second-person possessive batasmu, third-person possessive batasnya)

1. border (the outer edge of something)
2. limit (a restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go)

• perhinggaan
• sempadan

• “batas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

bãtas m stress pattern 2

1. shoe
2. boot

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batəs. Cognate of Iban batas (“raised path”), Toba Batak batos, Javanese ꦮꦠꦼꦱ꧀ (wates), Balinese ᬩᬢᭂᬲ (bates), and Sasak bates.

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.tas]
• Hyphenation: ba‧tas

batas (plural batas-batas, informal 1st possessive batasku, 2nd possessive batasmu, 3rd possessive batasnya)

1. limit: a restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.

• had

batas

1. (card games) suit

batas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of bater

• IPA^(key): /ˈbatas/ [ˈba.t̪as]
• Rhymes: -atas
• Syllabification: ba‧tas

batas f pl

1. plural of bata

batas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of batir

Possibly from Cebuano batas (“proposition of a rule or law”), or back-formation from Cebuano batasan (“custom; tradition”).

• IPA^(key): /baˈtas/, [bɐˈtas]
• Hyphenation: ba‧tas

batás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜐ᜔)

1. law

   Synonyms: kautusan, (archaic) ley

2. decree

   Synonym: dekreto

3. command

   Synonyms: utos, mando

4. (obsolete) notification of an order or mandate

   Synonym: pahayag

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bə(ʀ)tas (“tear, rip open (as cloth or stitches), snap (as string)”) via Malay betas (“ripping open, splitting open”). Possible doublet of bagtas and bigtas.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbatas/, [ˈba.tɐs]
• Hyphenation: ba‧tas

batas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜐ᜔)

1. unstitching of clothes

   Synonym: tastas

2. shortcut (such as estuary when traveling by water)

   Synonym: bagtasan

• “batas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 87: “Atajar) Batas [(pp)] por eſtero yendo navegando”
  • page 232: “Deſcoſer) Batas (pp) la ropa”

• sabat, tabas