da

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Etymology

(language code): From Danish dansk.

Symbol

da

(metrology) deca-, indicating multiplication by 10
(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Danish.

Etymology 1

From child language; compare dad and dada.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɑː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

da (plural das)

(Ireland, Scotland, Northern England) Father.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 55:
  Oh where is yer da son? The man said it to me and was grumpy. Is yer da here?
- 2011, Philip Reeve, Scrivener's Moon, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 48:
  Once the silky gent who ran a barge called the Knuckle Sandwich tried to persuade Borglum's ma and da to sell him their little dwarfish boy for twelve gold coins.

Synonyms

pa, Pa
daddy

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Russian да (da, “yes”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɑː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

da (uncountable)

(slang, Russian) Yes; an affirmative response.

Interjection

da

(slang, Russianism) Yes.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:da.

Antonyms

nyet

Etymology 3

Representing pronunciation of the in informal speech.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /diː/, /dʌ/
(unstressed) IPA^(key): /də/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -iː, -ʌ

Article

da

Pronunciation spelling of the.
Da New York Times

Da Bears
- 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 11:
  "So I catch you. You stealer! Ho! Ho!" He seized the girl's wrist. "No, no, you don't run. Hey! Where is-a da cop?"
- 2012, Jeffrey Arnold, Nobody's Laughing, page 157:
  They are both holding onto their caps in the stiff breeze, and Zang is shouting, "Where is da main hotel going to be?"

Usage notes

Commonly used to represent the pronunciation of various second-language varieties of English where the first language of the speaker does not contain the phoneme /ð/ or babies that can't produce /ð/ yet.
In the US, especially common in representations of speakers from Chicago or New York City and African American Vernacular.

Etymology 4

Imitative.

Interjection

da

A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.
You know that tune that goes "da da da di-dum di-dum"?

Anagrams

'ad, -ad, A.D., AD, Ad, ad, ad-, ad.

Verb

da

to swim, drift, float

References

Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

dá

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [dáà]

Noun

da

(anatomy) mouth, orifice
door, doorway

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

dà

Noun

da

plant that is source of kenaf fiber (Hibiscus cannabinus)
Synonym: daba
roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
Synonym: dabilen

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
2003. Moussa Diaby (République du Mali, Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale), Léxique de base : Bamanankan - Français, Fondation Karanta.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
IPA^(key): /da/ [d̪a]

Rhymes: -a

Hyphenation: da

Verb

da (masculine allocutive duk, feminine allocutive dun)

Third-person singular (hura) present indicative form of izan (“to be”).

Etymology 1

Cognate with German der.

Article

da m

the

Article

da f

the (dative)

Etymology 2

Unstressed form of dia

Pronoun

da

you (dative, singular)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *di, from Proto-Celtic *dū (“to”). Cognate to Welsh i (“to”).

Preposition

da (requires soft mutation)

to
An den a zo aet da Vreizh. ― The man went to Brittany.

Inflection

More information singular, plural ...

singular		plural
1	dimp	1	dimp, deomp
2	dit	2	deoc'h
3 m	dezhañ	3	dezho
3 f	dezhi	3	dezho
imp.	deor

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Personal forms of da

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *towe (“your, thy”); compare Cornish dha, Welsh dy, Irish do. See te (“you”).

Pronoun

da (requires soft mutation)

your sg

Verb

da

inflection of dar:
1. third-person singular present/preterite indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 1

Clipping of ada.

Pronunciation

(Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /dæ/
Rhymes: -dæ

Interjection

da

it's unimportant

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Pronunciation

(Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ/
Rhymes: -dɑ

Interjection

da

Synonyms

mayra, mirisi

Etymology

Cognate with German da; see there for more.

Adverb

da

(Sette Comuni) there
bèar khimmet bor hia un bèar ghéet bor da
who comes here, and who goes there

References

“da” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Etymology

From Latin de ab. Compare Italian da.

Preposition

da

from
of

Adverb

da

surely
Det kan han da ikke mene!
Surely he cannot be serious!
then, at that time

Conjunction

da

when (referring to finished events)
Da jeg var ung, fandtes der ikke computere.
When I was young, there were no computers.
as, at the same time as
Da jeg kom, gik hun.
As I arrived, she left.
because
Da hun er mindreårig kan hun ikke idømmes fængsel.
As she is underage, she cannot be sentenced to prison.

Synonyms

(because): fordi

Conjunction

da

when
if

Adverb

da

there

Etymology

From French de, Italian di, altered to differentiate de.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
IPA^(key): /da/

Preposition

da

Of, -ful (used instead of de with quantities, to emphasize the quantity rather than the thing quantified, or to indicate the unity of a shape and its material, a container and its contents, or a group and its members)^[1]^[2]
glaso da vino ― a glass of wine, a glassful of wine

kilogramo da viando ― a kilogram of meat

grupo da homoj ― a group of people

kvar metroj da ĉi tiu ŝtofo kostas naŭ frankojn
four meters of this cloth costs nine francs

Li ligis la tri florojn en bukedon, kaj prezentis al ŝi tiun bukedon da floroj
He tied the three flowers into a bouquet, and presented her with this bouquet of flowers

Damasko [...] estos amaso da ruinaĵoj
Damascus will be a mass of ruins

tuto da kondiĉoj kaj cirkonstancoj, en kiuj iu troviĝas
all of the conditions and circumstances in which we find ourselves

sistemo da sonoj por la esprimado de pensoj
a system of sounds for the expression of thought

Usage notes

Unlike most prepositions, da cannot occur after a verb. It necessarily links two nouns (or exceptionally an elliptical adverb and a noun, as in sufiĉe da akvo below).

The article la does not occur after the preposition da, and this is often mistakenly understood to mean that the quantity introduced by da must be indefinite. However, there is no such restriction, any more than there is with possessive pronouns such as mia 'my', which also do not allow the article. Because of the unity of the two nouns linked by da, only the phrase can be modified by the article, so it must precede the first noun. See the fourth and fifth examples above.

Some Esperanto dictionaries substitute *listo de and *tuto de for listo da and tuto da. This is an error, an influence of Western languages which do not have an equivalent to da.

Compare these:

listo da kandidatoj ― a list of candidates (list of names)
listo da kondiĉoj de la kandidatoj ― a list of conditions from the candidates

skatolo da ĉokolado ― a box of chocolates (a boxful of chocolate)
skatolo de ĉokolado ― a chocolates box (the box itself, made for chocolates, but now perhaps used to store paper clips)
skatolo el ĉokolado ― a box made of chocolate

ho, se mia kapo havus sufiĉe da akvo kaj miaj okuloj estus fonto da larmoj! ― oh, if my head had enough water, and my eyes were a spring of tears!
fonto de akvo ― a spring of water which indicates the kind of spring rather than the quantity of tears (an eyeful). Even dry eyes could be said to be fonto de larmoj 'a source of tears'; fonto da larmoj indicates that they are tear-filled eyes.

References

[1]
Sergio Pokrovskij (2007) 'La artikolo', in Lingva Kritiko: Studoj kaj notoj pri la Internacia Lingvo
[2]
'Da' Reta vortaro

Noun

da

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese da, equivalent to de (“of”) +‎ a (feminine singular definite article).

Contraction

da f sg (plural das, masculine du or do, masculine plural dus or dos)

of the
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
  A grandeda da lengua española é indiscotibli, i sei estudio, utilización defensa debin sel algo consostancial a nos, […]
  The greatness of the Spanish language is unquestionable, and its study, use and defense must be something consubstantial to us, […]

References

Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Etymology

Compare Moore ra (“to buy”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dà/

Verb

da (progressive da'arɩ or da'ara)

to buy

Etymology

From contraction of preposition de (“of, from”) + feminine definite article a (“the”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d̪ɐ/

Contraction

da f (masculine do, masculine plural dos, feminine plural das)

of the; from the

Etymology

From a merger of three interrelated adverbs: 1.) Middle High German dā, dār (“there, at that place”), from Old High German thār, dār, from Proto-West Germanic *þār. 2.) Middle High German dar, dare (“thither, to that place”), from Old High German thara, dara, from an extended form of the former. 3.) Middle High German dō, duo (“then, at that time”), from Old High German thō, dō, duo, from Proto-Germanic *þō.

The three forms were already sometimes intermingled in Old and Middle High German. The eventual loss of the distinction in modern German was reinforced by phonetic mergers in various dialects. Today, the senses of adverbs 1 and 3 are covered by da, while adverb 2 has been chiefly replaced with hin, dahin. The form dar- remains as a variant of da- before vowels and in some compound verbs (like darlegen, darbringen). Adverb 1 and 2 are cognate with Dutch daar, English there, Swedish där. Adverb 3 is cognate with Dutch toen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /daː/, [däː]
Audio: (file)
Audio: (file)
Audio (Austria): (file)
Rhymes: -aː

Adverb

da

(local) there; here
Synonym: dort
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 78:
  Am liebsten entfloh sie dem allem in den großen Garten. Da verbrachte sie ihre schönsten Stunden.
  She liked best to escape from all of that into the big garden. There she spent her most pleasant hours.
Wir fahren nach Hamburg. Meine Frau hat eine Freundin, die da wohnt.
We’re going to Hamburg. My wife has a friend who lives there.

Die Gäste sind noch nicht da.
The guests aren’t here yet.
(temporal) then; so; at that moment
Synonyms: also, dann

Ich war gerade eingeschlafen, und da kam ein Anruf.
I had just fallen asleep, and that’s when someone called.

Er hat immer weiter auf mich eingeschrien. Da bin ich einfach gegangen.
He just kept on shouting at me. So I just left.
(colloquial) replaces any pronominal adverb when the context is clear
Ich wollte eigentlich Linsensuppe machen, aber da (= dafür, dazu) hatte ich das Rezept nicht.
I was actually going to make lentil soup, but I didn’t have the recipe for it.

Wir haben jetzt ein Angebot gekriegt, aber da (= darüber) müssen wir noch diskutieren.
We’ve now received an offer, but we’ll still need to have discussion about that.

Derived terms

Related terms

allda
dar

Conjunction

da

since; as; because; given that
Synonyms: weil, zumal
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 51:
  Und da er keinen Grund hatte, ihr seinen Namen zu verhehlen, so stellte er sich in aller Form vor.
  And because he had no reason to conceal his name from her, he introduced himself in all due form.
Da die Stelle mit häufigen Auslandskontakten verbunden ist, sind gute Fremdsprachenkenntnisse unerlässlich.
Since the position involves frequent international contacts, good foreign-language skills are essential.
(literary, dated) when
Synonyms: als, wenn, wo
- 1545, Martin Luther et al., Genesis 7:6:
  Er war aber sechshundert jar alt / da das wasser der Sindflut auff Erden kam.
  He was six hundred years old however, when the water of the deluge came upon Earth.
Am Tag, da die Wahrheit offenbar wird, ist es zur Umkehr zu spät.
On the day when the Truth will become manifest, it will be too late for penitence.

Usage notes

In formal language, da is preferred over weil when it is in the first clause of the sentence.

Pronoun

da

I

References

Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

Etymology

From Portuguese dar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu da.

Verb

da

to give

Alternative forms

ɖà (Benin)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Gbe *ɖa, cognates include Fon ɖa, Saxwe Gbe ɖà, Adja ɖà, Ewe ɖa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɖà/

Verb

dà (Nigeria)

to cook

Etymology 2

From Proto-Gbe *ɖa, cognates include Fon ɖà, Saxwe Gbe oɖà, Adja eɖa, Ewe ɖa

Alternative forms

ɖà (Benin)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɖà/

Noun

dà (plural dà lẹ́) (Nigeria)

hair
Synonym: òdà

Etymology

From English the.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /də/

Article

da

the
Da odda day, I wen go his house.
The other day, I went to his house.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian da.

Preposition

da

by
La genitori amesas da lia filii.
The parents are loved by their children.

Related terms

di (“of (indicates possession or association)”)
de (“from, of (where an amount is indicated)”)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ/, [ˈdɑ]

(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ/, [ˈtɑ]

Rhymes: -ɑ

Hyphenation: da

Interjection

da

and
- 1885, “Sprachproben: Der goldene Vogel”, in Volmari Porkka, editor, Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte:
  Mäni da i heittiis makkaamaa, ja makkais taas hoomuksee nasse.
  He went and threw himself to sleep, too, and he slept up till the morning again.
  (Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Ingrian language.)

Synonyms

ja, i

References

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 565
Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 78

Verb

da

present of dar
imperative of dar

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da/
(traditional, Tuscany) IPA^(key): /da/^*
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: da

Etymology 1

From Latin dē (“from”) + ā/ab (“of, from”). In the meaning of “at, near, by”, da probably comes from Latin unde + ad.^[1]

Preposition

da

from (all senses)
Giacomino da Verona ― Giacomino from Verona

interviste dal libro ― interviews from the book

traduzione dall’“Inferno” di Dante ― translation from Dante’s ‘Inferno’

dalla terra alla luna ― from the Earth to the moon
Used to indicate the house, place, or establishment of; at/to + -'s
da Giovanni ― at Giovanni’s (house)

andare dal dottore ― to go to the doctor's
since; from
da quando? ― since when?
to (implying necessity)
non c'è (niente) da fare ― there's nothing to do

un bel libro da leggere ― a nice book to read
like, as
fare una vita da cani ― to live like a dog (literally, “to live like dogs”)

correre da matti ― to run like crazy (literally, “to run like crazies”)

trattare da amico ― to treat as a friend
by
1. Used to indicate causation.
  saccheggiato dai ladri ― looted by thieves
2. Used to indicate the means by which.
  era riconosciuto dalla voce ― he was recognized by his voice
  
  le giudico dalle azioni ― I judge them by their actions
enough to
c'è tanto rumore da impazzire ― there's enough noise to make me go crazy
Used to express a quality or characteristic of.
una ragazza dai capelli scuri ― a dark-haired girl (literally, “girl of dark hair”)

un edificio dalla facciata classica ― a building with a classical facade (literally, “of a classical facade”)
Used to indicate a limitation of.
cieco da un occhio ― blind in one eye

zoppo da un piede ― lame on one foot
Used to indicate a price, measure, or value of; worth
un martello da pochi soldi ― a cheap hammer (literally, “a hammer worth little money”)

una lampadina da 60 watt ― a 60 watt lamp (literally, “lamp of 60 watt”)
Used to indicate a scope, purpose, or goal of; used to/for; in/with which to
tenuta da poliziotto ― police gear (literally, “gear for a policeman”)

copricapo da ciclista ― cyclist headgear (literally, “headgear for (a) cyclist”)

una macchina da scrivere ― a machine used to write with

un cavallo da corsa ― a race horse (literally, “a horse used for racing”)
Used in some adverbial phrases.
da per tutto/dappertutto/da ogni parte ― everywhere

da presso/dappresso ― closely

da lontano ― from a distance

da solo ― by oneself

Usage notes

When followed by the definite article, da produces the following combined forms:

More information + article, Combined form ...

da + article	Combined form
da + il	dal
da + lo	dallo
da + l'	dall'
da + i	dai
da + gli	dagli
da + la	dalla
da + le	dalle

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Etymology 2

Verb

da

Misspelling of dà.

References

[1]
Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Anagrams

AD, ad

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da/

Determiner

da

this here; that there
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3 Jan 1:1:
  Da leta ya a kom fram mi, di elda — tu mi speshal fren, Gaiyos. Mi fren, mi riili riili lov yu.
  This letter comes from the elder to Gaius, my dear friend, whom I love in the truth.
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 9:26:
  An da nyuuz de pred aal uova da ieriya de.
  News of what happened spread throughout that region.
  (literally, “And that news there spread all over that area there.”)

Usage notes

Da is placed before the noun. The noun must then be followed by ya (here) or de (there).

Romanization

da

The hiragana syllable だ (da) or the katakana syllable ダ (da) in Hepburn romanization.

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic [Term?]. Cognate with Manchu ᡩᠠ (da) etc.

Numeral

da (Jurchen script: , Image: )

head
root

Descendants

Manchu: ᡩᠠ (da)

Etymology

From Portuguese dar.

Verb

da

to give

More information North Karelian (Viena), South Karelian (Tver) ...

Regional variants of da
North Karelian (Viena)	ta
South Karelian (Tver)	da

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ/
Hyphenation: da

Conjunction

da

(South Karelian) and

Interjection

da

(South Karelian) yes

Synonyms

(yes): (North Karelian) jo, kyllä

References

A. V. Punzhina (1994) “da”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “ta”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Noun

da

water

Pronoun

da

I

References

Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

Etymology

From Latin dē ab.

Preposition

da

from
At the house of
to (implying necessity)

Derived terms

**Lashi cardinal numbers**
< 0	1	2 >
Cardinal : da Ordinal : shít

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dan ~ daj (“single, one, whole, only”). Cognate with Burmese တည်း (tany:, “only, sole”) and Burmese တ (ta., “one”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da/

Numeral

da

one

Article

da

a, an

References

Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /daː/, [d̪äː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /da/, [d̪äː]

Verb

dā

second-person singular present active imperative of dō "give!"
da mihi osculum.
Give me a kiss.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dan ~ daj (“single, one, whole, only”). Cognate with Lashi da, Burmese တည်း (tany:, “only, sole”) and Burmese တ (ta., “one”).

Noun

da

one
a unit.

References

Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da/

Etymology 1

From Latin dē ab.

Preposition

da

from

More information + article, Combined form ...

da + article	Combined form
da + o	da-o
da + a	da-a
da + i	da-i
da + e	da-e

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Etymology 2

de (“of, from”, preposition) + a (“the (fem. sing.)”, article)

Contraction

da (followed by a singular feminine noun)

of the
from the

Alternative forms

do (Eupen)
dao (widespread variant)
dooe (Krefeld)

Etymology

From a merger of three interrelated adverbs: 1.) Middle High German dā, dār (“there, at that place”), from Old High German thār, dār, from Proto-Germanic *þar. 2.) Middle High German dar, dare (“thither, to that place”), from Old High German thara, dara, from an extended form of the former. 3.) Middle High German dō, duo (“then, at that time”), from Old High German thō, dō, duo, from Proto-Germanic *þō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /daː/
Hyphenation: da
Rhymes: -aː

Adverb

da

(Eupen, local) there, yonder; here
Synonym: do
(Eupen, temporal) then; so; at that moment
Synonym: danne

Derived terms

dabaate
dabänne
dabéï
dagéëge
dahään
danoë
danövve
daraa
daraunder
daropp
daruut
darömm
darövver
datösche
davva
davöër

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da/

Verb

da

second/third-person singular preterite of daś

Romanization

da (da⁵／da⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄉㄚ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墰
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疶
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繨／𫄤
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跴
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹽
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da

Nonstandard spelling of dā.
Nonstandard spelling of dá.
Nonstandard spelling of dǎ.
Nonstandard spelling of dà.

Usage notes

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Etymology

From Old Irish do.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛː/

Preposition

da

to
for

Inflection

More information Singular, Plural ...

	Singular				Plural
Person	1st	2nd	3rd m.	3rd f.	1st	2nd	3rd
Normal	dou	dhyt	da	jee	dooin	diu	daue
Emphatic	dooys	dhyts	dasyn	jeeish	dooinyn	diuish	dauesyn

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Pronoun

da

third-person singular masculine of da
to him/it

Derived terms

dasyn (emphatic)

Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *caa, from Proto-Oceanic *draʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

Pronunciation

(phonetic) IPA^(key): [rʲɑ]
(phonemic) IPA^(key): /rʲæɰ/
Bender phonemes: {dah}

Noun

da

blood

References

Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Pronoun

da

I

References

Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

Alternative forms

dà

Pronoun

da

you

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto da and Nüpode Huitoto da.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈda]
Hyphenation: da

Root

da

one

Derived terms

References

Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 147

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Adverb

da

(used with doo) not
doo yáʼátʼééh da ― it is not good

Conjunction

da

including, as well as, and

Pronoun

da

I, first-person singular pronoun

Article

da

(Shetland) Definite article, the

Article

da

(Mooring) the (plural, full form)
Coordinate term: (reduced) e

Alternative forms

dön (Föhr-Amrum), di (Sylt)

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɑː

Conjunction

da

so
Em dixwin da em karibin bijîn.
We eat so we may live.

Etymology

From Old Norse þá and þó (adverb); and Old Norse þá er (when, conjunction), and German da (because, conjunction).

Adverb

da

then

Derived terms

datid

Conjunction

da

when
because

References

“da” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Alternative forms

då

Etymology

From Old Norse þá and þó (adverb); and Old Norse þá er (“when”, conjunction), and German da (“because”, conjunction).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɑː/

Adverb

da

then

Derived terms

datid

Conjunction

da

when
because

References

“da” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Compare Thai อย่า (yàa), Lao ຢ່າ (yā).

Adverb

da

do not, shall not
Mưhng da khà cưhn
You shall not murder.

Noun

da

mouth

References

2011, Bindon, P. and Chadwick, R. (compilers and editors), A Nyoongar Wordlist: from the south-west of Western Australia, Western Australian Museum (Welshpool, WA), 2nd ed.

Particle

da

please, come on (clarification marker)
da naa! — damn it!

Related terms

daga

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *daijā, from Proto-Germanic *dajjǭ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɑː/

Noun

dā f

doe, female fallow deer

Declension

More information Case, Singular ...

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dā	dān
accusative	dān	dān
genitive	dān	dāna
dative	dān	dām, dāum

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Declension of dā (weak)

Descendants

Middle English: da, do, doo
- Scots: da, dae
- English: doe

Numeral

da

Alternative spelling of dá

Mutation

More information Old Irish mutation, Radical ...

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
da	da pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	nda
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Pronoun

da

these, those

References

Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈda/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: da

Verb

da

third-person singular future indicative of dać

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese da, from de (“of”) + a (“feminine definite article”).

Alternative forms

d'a (dated)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /da/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐ/

Hyphenation: da

Contraction

da f sg

Contraction of de a (“of/from the (feminine singular)”): feminine singular of do
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 104:
  Ela estava sentada no parapeito da janela do quarto [...]
  She was sitting on the parapet of the window of the room [...]

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:do.

Etymology 2

Verb

da

Obsolete spelling of dá.
- 1614, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinaçam:
  [...], com que cada día nos da noticia de outras tão nouas que parece que a excedem, […]
  [...], with which he gives us each day news of other [marvels] so new that they seem to exceed it, […]

Preposition

da

from
by

Derived terms

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
IPA^(key): /da/
Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

From a Slavic language (e.g. Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Russian; or rather a loan from a Common Slavic before the emergence of distinct modern languages), from Proto-Slavic *da.

Another less likely (and controversial) theory argues that it perhaps derived originally from the Latin ita, one of several ways to say "thus", "so" or "yes"; it further may have been influenced by the da, also meaning "yes", in the surrounding Slavic languages before reaching its present state (see Sprachbund).^[1] See also dacă, which according to this theory derives from ita quod. In some regions, ta is used repeatedly to indicate impatience with someone talking too much or aimlessly, although this is more likely onomatopoetic in origin. Nonetheless, Romanian etymological dictionaries derive da from a Slavic language, which is almost certainly the primary source.^[2]

Interjection

da

yes

Antonyms

nu

Etymology 2

From Latin dare, present active infinitive of dō, ultimately from Proto-Italic *didō, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti, from the root *deh₃- (“give”). Compare Aromanian dau, dari, Italian dare, Spanish dar.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Verb

a da (third-person singular present dă, past participle dat) 1st conj.

to give
(music, with placeholder o) to jam
- 2019, Paraziții (lyrics and music), “Căpitane, raportez!”, in Arma secretă‎:
  O dau așa, ah!
  I jam like this, ah!
(reflexive, with placeholder o, see usage notes) to have sex, to do, to take

Usage notes

In the sense of “have sex”, three constructions are possible:

i-o dă cuiva, with a simple dative indirect object and unmistakably active in meaning;
și-o dă cu cineva, in a dative reflexive construction and a prepositional object of person;
și-o dă, with a dative reflexive plural pronoun reciprocal in sense.

Conjugation

More information infinitive, gerund ...

number		singular			plural
infinitive			a da
gerund			dând
past participle			dat
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	dau	dai	dă	dăm	dați	dau
	imperfect	dădeam	dădeai	dădea	dădeam	dădeați	dădeau
	simple perfect	dădui	dăduși	dădu	dădurăm	dădurăți	dădură
	pluperfect	dădusem	dăduseși	dăduse	dăduserăm	dăduserăți	dăduseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
subjunctive	present	să dau	să dai	să dea	să dăm	să dați	să dea
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		dă			dați
	negative		nu da			nu dați

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conjugation of da (first conjugation, no infix)

Derived terms

References

[1]
A Latin etymology for Romanian da = yes, by Keith Andrew Massey, 2008-06-30
[2]
da in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Alternative forms

(before vowels) dad

Etymology

From Latin dē.

Preposition

da

of, from
about

Determiner

da

Shetland form of the

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪a/, /t̪aː/

Pronoun

da

Alternative form of dha

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *da, probably old imperative of the word dȁti, itself from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”).

Conjunction

da (Cyrillic spelling да)

that
Rekao je da će doći. ― He said that he would come.

Rekao sam ti da nemam pojma o čemu pričaš! ― I told you that I have no idea what you are talking about!
to, so, so that, in order to
Došao je da mi sve ispriča. ― He came to tell me everything.

Došao je ovdje da nađe posao. ― He came here to find work.

Da bi se i mi mogli natjecati, moramo vježbati. ― To be able to compete, we have to practice.
to (when the subjects of both clauses are not the same)
On hoće da mu pokažete put do stanice.
He wants you to show him the way to the station.
(Serbia) to (when the subjects of both clauses are the same; for western Serbo-Croatian use infinitive instead of da + present tense)
(subjunctive only, often followed by i) if, even if (= kad)
Da sam na vašem m(j)estu, ne bih se puno zamarao takvim detaljima. ― If I were you, I wouldn't bother too much with such details.

Da si više radio, zaradio bi više novca. ― Had you worked harder, you would have made more money.

Da i znam ne bih ti rekao! ― Even if I knew I wouldn't tell you!
(usually preceded by kȁo) as if, as though, like
S(j)ećam se, kao da je bilo juče(r). ― I remember, as if it were yesterday.

Kao da ne znaš o čemu pričam! ― As if you don't know what I'm talking about!
(usually preceded by a) without (after negative verbs)
Odlazi, a da nije rekao ni zbogom. ― He's leaving without even saying goodbye.
(archaic, literary, religious) lest
Onaj koji se bori protiv zla treba paziti da time i sam ne postane zao. ― He who fights evil need care lest he thereby become evil himself.

Usage notes

As a conjunction with the sense of "if", da, just like synonymous kad, is only used in subjunctive mood, to express what one wishes were the case or hypothetical situations contrary to reality in general. For all other uses, ako is used instead.

Particle

da (Cyrillic spelling да)

yes
Je li tako? Da! ― Is that so? Yes!
(Serbia) used when starting a question
Da li ste žedni? ― Are you thirsty?

Reci mi da li je to istina? ― Tell me if that is true?
Used in various phrases, expressing wishes, commands etc.
Da se nisi usudio! ― Don't you dare!

Da Bog dao! ― God willing! (literally, “If God gives (it).”)

Da počnemo! ― Let's begin!

Synonyms

(when starting a question): je li (Croatian, Serbian)

Verb

da (Cyrillic spelling да)

inflection of dati:
1. third-person singular present
2. second/third-person singular aorist past

Etymology

Presumably loaned from Russian (compare with Russian да (da)) or from Proto-Slavic *da.

Conjunction

da

and

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *da.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dá/

Particle

dȁ

yes
Synonym: (informal) jā

Antonym: nȅ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈda/ [ˈd̪a]
Audio (Latin America): (file)
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: da

Verb

da

inflection of dar:

Romanization

da

Romanization of 𒁕

Alternative forms

da'

Noun

da c

Nonstandard spelling of dag.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	da	das
singular	definite	dan	dans
plural	indefinite	dar	dars
plural	definite	darna	darnas

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Declension of da

Adverb

da (not comparable)

Eye dialect spelling of då.
Men kom igen da...!
But come on then...!

Anagrams

-ad, AD

Etymology

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜇ (da).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /da/ [d̪ɐ]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: da

Noun

da (Baybayin spelling ᜇ)

the name of the Latin-script letter D/d, in the Abakada alphabet
Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) di, (in the Abecedario) de

Etymology

Cognate with Persian (dah).

Numeral

da

ten

Verb

da

go

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

Conjunction

da

and

Alternative forms

dat (when not preceding a verb)

Pronoun

da

First-person inclusive plural pronoun: you (many) and I, you (many) and me

Declension

More information singular, dual ...

	singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person exclusive	iau	amir mir	amital mital	avet ave¹
1st person inclusive	-	dor	datal	dat da¹
2nd person	u	amur mur	amutal mutal	avat ava¹
3rd person	ia i	dir di	dital	diat dia¹
¹⁾ The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

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Tolai personal pronouns

Alternative forms

de (after front vowels)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ده (da, de, “conj. also, and, moreover, again”),^[1] from Proto-Turkic *tākı (“conj. and”),^[2]^[3] whence daha and dahi. Cognate with Azerbaijani da (“also, as well, too”), Kazakh and Kyrgyz да (da, “also, as well, too”),

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /‿dɑ/, [‿d̪ɑ]
Audio: (file)

Conjunction

da

as well, too, also
O da sorunun yanıtını biliyor. ― He also knows the answer to the question.

Oğuzhan da bizimle geliyor. ― Oğuzhan is coming with us as well.

Yağız da dondurma yemeyi sever. ― Yağız likes eating ice cream, too.

Usage notes

Generally forms one speech unit with the preceding word. Accordingly it complies with vowel harmony; taking the form da after back vowels a, ı, o, u, and de after front vowels e, i, ö, ü.
In writing it should not be joined to the preceding word. Such use is occasionally seen, but is considered incorrect by the Turkish Language Association. The disjoined spelling rules out confusion with the locative suffix -da.

References

[1]
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 929
[2]
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*d(i)akɨ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
[3]
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “de”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Particle

More information Other scripts, Yangi Imlo ...

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic	да‍
Latin	‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

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locative case marker, used to show the time or the place of an action; equivalent to English in or at
Samarqandda yashayman.
I live in Samarqand.

Soat uchda boraman.
I go at 3 o'clock.

Usage notes

When used after interrogative pronouns da can take on different meanings. Pronouns such as kim (“who”), nima (“what”), qayer (“where”), necha (“how many, how much”) become kimda (“to whom”), nimada (“with what, by using what”), qayerda (“from where”), nechada (“what time”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da/

Noun

da

pig

References

Dialogue on Dialect Standardization, edited by Carrie Dyck, Tania Granadillo, Keren Rice

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

Conjunction

da

and

References

Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “да, и”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Alternative forms

(North Central Vietnam) đa

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-taː. Cognate with Muong Bi ta.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zaː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jaː˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [jaː˧˧]
Audio (Saigon): (file)

Noun

(classifier làn) da • (䏧, 𤿦, 𪤻)

(anatomy) skin (outer covering of the body)
da đầu ― scalp
hide; material made of animal skin, such as leather

Preposition

da

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

Pronunciation

(Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ/, [ˈdɑ]
Rhymes: -ɑ
Hyphenation: da
- (rapid speech) IPA^(key): [ˈdə̠]

Conjunction

da

and
but

References

Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “da”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /daː/
Rhymes: -aː

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh da, from Proto-Brythonic *daɣ, from Proto-Celtic *dagos (“good”) (compare Irish dea-).^[1]

Adjective

da (feminine singular da, plural da, equative cystal, comparative gwell, superlative gorau)

good, well

Alternative forms

dâ (obsolete)

Derived terms

da i ddim (“good-for-nothing”)
da iawn (“well done”)
iechyd da (“cheers”)
os gwelwch yn dda (“please”)

Noun

da m (plural daoedd)

goodness
(collective, uncountable) goods, cattle

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

deuaf, dof (literary)
do (colloquial)

Verb

da

first-person singular future colloquial of dod

Mutation

More information Welsh mutation, radical ...

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
da	dda	na	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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References

[1]
Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Noun

da

stick

References

Steven Paul Moran, A grammatical sketch of Isaalo (Western Sisaala) (2006)

Etymology

From Thai ดำ (dam) ("to dive") or Lao ດຳ (dam) ("to dive"), from Proto-Tai *ɗamᴬ (“to dive”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da˧/

Verb

da

to submerge
to dive into water
to bathe

Pronunciation

(high-tone): IPA^(key): /dá/
(mid-tone): IPA^(key): /dā/
(low-tone): IPA^(key): /dà/

Etymology 1

Cognate with Igala dà

Verb

dà

to pour (down or into)
(intransitive, nanutical) to overturn, to capsize
ọkọ̀ ojú-omi dà ― The boat capsized
to draw out some quantity of something all round or to put round an entity
Synonym: bùyípo

Usage notes

da before a direct object

Derived terms

dà sílẹ̀ (“to spill”)

Etymology 2

Verb

dà

(intransitive) to vomit, to throw up
Synonyms: bì, pọ̀
to secrete; to emit

Usage notes

da before a direct object

Derived terms

ìdà
ẹ̀dà
ẹ̀dìdà (Èkìtì)
dàtọ̀
damira

Etymology 3

Verb

dà

to throw down an object as in a ritual
to divine with something

Usage notes

da before a direct object

Derived terms

ìdà

Etymology 4

Verb

dà

(transitive) to direct, guide, or lead a flock
Fúlàní da mààlúù ― The Fulani directed a flock of cows

Usage notes

da before a direct object

Derived terms

ìdà
daran (“to herd animals”)
darandaran (“herder”)

Etymology 5

Verb

dà

(transitive) to digest
(intransitive) to be digested
oúnjẹ ti dà nínú mi ― The food has digested in my stomach

Usage notes

da before a direct object

Derived terms

ìdà (“digestion”)

Etymology 6

Verb

dà

(intransitive) to be acceptable (especially pertaining to a religious sacrifice), to be acceptable to the orisha
Synonym: yàn

ẹbọ dà ― The sacrifice is acceptable to the orisha

Usage notes

da before a direct object

Derived terms

ìdà

Etymology 7

Cognate with Igala dà

Verb

dà

to change and become something else, to turn into
bí oore bá pọ̀ lápọ̀jù, ibi níí dà ― If too much kindness is shown, it can turn into evil

Mo da ọmọ ọdún mẹ́tàlélógún níjẹta ― I turned 23 two days ago

Usage notes

da before a direct object

Derived terms

ìdà
dà bí

Etymology 8

Adverb

dà

where is
Synonyms: (Oǹdó) kẹ̀, (Ìkálẹ̀) han

Ayọ̀ dà? ― Where is Ayo?

Usage notes

Also regarded as an interrogative verb not permitting the high tone after its definite subject.

Etymology 9

Verb

dà

(transitive) to betray
Synonym: dalẹ̀

Má bá wọn ṣọ̀rẹ́ o, wọ́n dà mí ― Don't befriend them, they betrayed me

Usage notes

Collocates with ilẹ̀
da before a direct object

Derived terms

ọ̀dàlẹ̀ (“traitor”)
ìdà (“treason, betrayal”)
dalẹ̀ (“to commit treason”)

Etymology 10

Verb

dá

to place or go across

Usage notes

collocates with ẹ̀bú as an object

Derived terms

ìdá
dẹ́bùú

Etymology 11

Verb

dá

(transitive) to create, to make, to initiate, to establish
ọmọdé gbọ́n, àgbà gbọ́n, l'a fi dá Ilé-Ifẹ̀ ― The child is wise, the elder is wise, is the idea that was the basis for the establishing of Ile-Ife

Èmi ni mo dá ọ̀rọ̀ yìí sílẹ̀ ― I was the one who initiated this conversation
to exercise power or authority

Derived terms

aṣẹ̀dá (“creator”)
dẹ́rù bà (“to scare”)
dábírà (“to perform wonders”)
dídá (“creating”)
dójú tì (“to shame”)
dúpẹ́ (“to give thanks”)
Ẹlẹ́dàá (“The creator, the orisha Ori”)
ẹ̀dá (“that which is created, creation”)
àkọ́dá (“primoridal being”)
ìdá (“creation”)
ìdásílẹ̀ (“establishment, development, formation”)
Ògúndá (“9th chapter of Odu Ifa”)

Etymology 12

Verb

dá

(intransitive) to cease, to stop
Òjò ò tíì dá síbẹ̀ ― The rain hasn't stopped yet

Derived terms

ìdá
ọ̀dá (“scarcity, famine”)
ọ̀dá òjò (“drought”)

Etymology 13

Verb

dá

(intransitive, with ara) to become healthy, to be devoid of illness (in reference to the body)
Ara mi dá ṣáṣá ― I'm healthy (literally, “My body is healthy”)

Derived terms

Etymology 14

Verb

dá

to make a contribution to
(with sí) to intervine; to contribute (to a conversation)
Tí àwọn ọmọdé bá ṣerépá, ìyá wọn á máa dá sí i ― If the kids start engaging in horseplay, their mum will intervene

Wọn ò tiẹ̀ fẹ́ dá sí mi ― They don't even want to talk to me

Ẹ máa dá ọgbọ́n yín sí i ― Do contribute with your wisdom
to add to
to give
Wọ́n dá mi lọ́lá gidi gan-an ― They really honoured me

Derived terms

dájọ
dápé
dáṣọ
dáwó
pédá
ìdá (“act of making a contribution”)

Etymology 15

Verb

dá

(transitive) to engage in divination, to divine
wọ́n dá Ifá ― They performed Ifa divination

Derived terms

adífá (“Ifa priest”)
dáfá
dídá
dífá (“to engage in Ifa divination”)
díá
ìdá (“the act of divining”)

Etymology 16

Verb

dá

to act alone
o ti tó dá ṣiṣẹ́ ― You are old enough to act alone

Usage notes

Must be used with a full verb

Derived terms

ìdá
dásan

Etymology 17

Verb

dá

(transitive) to overcome, to overpower, to throw down
(idiomatic) to fall down
Synonym: ṣubú

igi dá ― The tree fell

Derived terms

ìdá
dásan
àdápa

Etymology 18

Verb

dá

(transitive) to hit
Synonym: gbá
(idiomatic) to contract an illness, to be infected with a disease (literally, to be "hit" with a disease)
Synonym: kóràn

sòbìà dá mi ― I have contracted guinea worm disease
to inflict something on someone

Usage notes

First definition is usually used with ní igi ("with a stick")

Derived terms

ìdá
dánígi
panígi

Etymology 19

Verb

dá

(intransitive) to become sharp, vocal, or fully awake
ẹnu rẹ̀ dá ― He has a sharp tongue
(with ojú) to be sure; to be certain
Synonym: dájú

Ó dá mi lójú ― I am certain

Usage notes

Used usually with ẹnu (“mouth”) or ojú (“eyes”)

Derived terms

dá láhán
dá láwọ́n
dáhán
dájú
dánu
ìdá

Etymology 20

Verb

dá

(transitive, intransitive) to snap, to break, to cut (into two)
Synonyms: já, ṣẹ́, fọ́

mo dá igi ― I cut the wood into two
to scoop out

Derived terms

dági
dákọ
dápẹ̀ẹ́ (“to tap a palm tree (for palmwine)”)
dápá
dásẹ̀
dídá
ìdá

Related terms

bù (“to scoop out”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da/

Conjunction

da

and (after words ending in a consonant)
Sabit da Arbaha ra - Saturday and Wednesday

Usage notes

Zaghawa conjunctions come after all words they group. Thus, Adam and Eve is 'adoum ra hawa ra', not *adoum ra hawa, as the literal English translation would be.

References

Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ta˨˦/

Tone numbers: da¹

Hyphenation: da

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (“eye”). Cognate with Thai ตา (dtaa), Northern Thai ᨲᩣ, Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Tai Dam ꪔꪱ, Shan တႃ (tǎa), Aiton တႃ (tā), Ahom 𑜄𑜠 (ta) or 𑜄𑜡 (tā), Bouyei dal. Compare Old Chinese 睹 (*taːʔ, “to see”).

Noun

da (Sawndip forms 𥅂 or 𭾚 or 𰥗 or 𰥎 or 𠯈 or 他 or 哆 or 打, 1957–1982 spelling da)

eye
judgment; eye
joint; knot; node (in a stem or branch of a plant)

Classifier

da (1957–1982 spelling da)

section of (a stem, demarcated by nodes in the stem)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *taːᴬ (“maternal grandfather”). Cognate with Thai ตา (dtaa), Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Shan တႃ (tǎa), Bouyei dal.

Noun

da (Sawndip forms 𭖯 or 㐲 or 𰁫 or ⿰老他 or ⿰口夛 or 他 or 她 or 大, 1957–1982 spelling da)

maternal grandfather
Synonym: goengda
father-in-law

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		m		n		f		pl
		stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
definite	nominative	der, da	—	das, es, des	's	de	d'	de	d'
	accusative	en, den	'n	das, es, des	's	de	d'
	dative	em, dem	'm	em, dem	'm	der, da	—
	genitive¹	des		des		der, da		der, da

indefinite	nominative	a	—	a	—	a	—
	accusative	an	'n	a	—	a	—
	dative	am	'm	am	'm	a, ana	'na

		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
definite / demonstrative	full	di	jü	dåt	da
definite / demonstrative	reduced	e		et	e
indefinite / numeral	full	ån	iinj		—
indefinite / numeral	reduced	en			—
negative		nån	niinj
The reduced neuter article et may contract with most prepositions. Such contractions are spelt as single words, e.g. önjt (“in the”).

	singular	plural
Proximal	dát	dá
Distal	dat	da
Remote	dut	du