Ntate
/(ə)nˈtɑːtə/(also Ntata) South African
noun
1A respectful form of address to an older man.
2Used as a respectful title, either preceding a name or standing alone.
3An older man. rare.
Origin
1940s. From Southern Sotho ntate father.
- not by a long chalk
- (not) by a long shot
- not care (or give) a hang
- not care (or give) a hoot (or two hoots)
- not care (or give) a straw (or two straws)
- notch
- notch baby
- notchback
- notch bar test
- notch-brittle
- notch brittleness
- notch-eared bat
- notched-bar test
- notch effect
- notcher
- notch factor
- notch filter
- notch-girdle
- notch-girdling
- notch house
- notchiness
- notch provision
- notch-sensitive
- notch sensitivity
- notch sight