tåte

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tate"

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
  • tåta (pre-2012)

Etymology

From Old Norse táta, possibly of the same origin as Latin tata (“dad, daddy”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic táta.

Noun

tåte f (definite singular tåta, indefinite plural tåter, definite plural tåtene)

  1. (dated) a type of sugar tit; a small piece of cloth wound up with soaked food in it for feeding babies
  2. the udder of a cow, particularly a heifer
  3. the teat of a nursing bottle

Derived terms
  • tatte (“a woman’s breast”, originally a child word)

References
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