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gatas

English

milknoun

Alternative meanings

milk
nutritious liquid produced by mammals
commercial milk, such as cow milk or canned milk

Pronunciation

GAH-tahs

Root and affixes

gatas = milk; gatasan = to milk or a milk-producing animal; gatason = milky

Variants or conjugations

letse = milk, loanword variant in some contexts
gata = coconut milk
gatasan = to milk

Related words and expressions

baka = cow
inahan = mother
gata = coconut milk
kape = coffee

Meaning and usage notes

Gatas is milk in general. For coconut milk, gata is normally used. Letse also exists as a loanword, but gatas is the main form.

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Example 1

Nagdugang siya og gatas sa kape.

He or she added milk to the coffee.

Example 2

Bugnaw ang gatas gikan sa ref.

The milk is cold from the fridge.

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