ginataan
ginatáan with stress marks
dish cooked with coconut milk
From root: gata
Usage Note
Ginataan is a broad category of Filipino dishes cooked in gata (coconut milk). It includes savory dishes like ginataang tilapia (fish in coconut milk) and sweet desserts like ginataang bilo-bilo (sticky rice balls in coconut milk). The '-in-' infix and '-an' suffix together indicate something that has undergone the process of being cooked with gata.
Examples
" Masarap ang ginataang gulay. "
Natural Translation
The vegetables cooked in coconut milk are delicious.
Literal Translation
Delicious the cooked-in-coconut-milk vegetable.
" Bumili kami ng ginataan sa tindahan. "
Natural Translation
We bought a dish cooked in coconut milk at the store.
Literal Translation
Bought we of dish-with-coconut-milk in store.
" Tuwing umuulan, gusto kong magluto ng mainit na ginataan na may bilo-bilo at langka. "
Natural Translation
Whenever it rains, I want to cook a warm coconut-milk dessert with rice balls and jackfruit.
Literal Translation
Every-time rains, want I cook of warm that coconut-milk-dish that has rice-balls and jackfruit.
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