whatta

whatta is the contraction of what.

Meaning of what

what

(interrogative) Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
- What colour are you going to use?
(indirect, interrogative) Which.
- I wonder what colour he is going to use.
(relative) Any ... that; all ... that; whatever.
- He seems to have lost what sense he had.
Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.
- This shows what beauty there is in nature.
1. Used to form exclamations indicating that something is remarkable, in either a good or bad way.
  - What nonsense!

whatta (plural whattas)

(archaic, historical) A scaffold used by the Tahitians for animal sacrifices.
- Small offerings of fruit and roots seemed to be daily made at this shrine, as some pieces were quite fresh. These were deposited upon a whatta, or altar, which stood without the pallisades; and within these we were not permitted to enter.1784, James Cook, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean
- Not only the whattas or offering-places of the morais are commonly loaded with fruits and animals, but there are few houses lacking a small place of the same sort.1906, Nicholas Senn, Tahiti: The Island Paradise, page 110

plural	whattas

What does whatta mean?: Whatta means a scaffold used by the Tahitians for animal sacrifices.
What is whatta the contraction of?: Whatta is the contraction of what.
What part of speech is whatta?: Whatta is a noun.
What is the plural of whatta?: The plural of whatta is whattas.

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