bata
- n a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
- Historically, butter is a reminder of Japan's first contacts with the West the islanders complained that the foreigners were bata-kusai, that is, "butter-stinkers.
- Valdes, 57, is also the leader of the Cuban rock band Irakere, a group that draws on African rhythms and instruments (such as bata drums) and various musical genres (including .
- A knife is knaifu, butter is bata, scrambled eggs are sakurambu eggu, beefsteak is beefu teki, chocolate is chokoretto, a mutton chop is maton choppu, soup is soppu, a salad is .