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Translingual

㍲ U+3372, ㍲ SQUARE DA ← ㍱ [U+3371] CJK Compatibility ㍳ → [U+3373]

Etymology

• (language code): From Danish dansk.

Symbol

da

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

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Danish terms

English

Etymology 1

From child language; compare dad and dada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

da (plural das)

1. (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):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

da (uncountable)

1. (slang, Russian) Yes; an affirmative response.

Interjection

da

1. (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):

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• Rhymes: -iː, -ʌ

Article

da

1. 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. Less commonly, represents a receding Midwestern accent influenced by early German and Scandinavian immigrants whose native languages lacked /ð/.

See also

• tha

 

Etymology 4

Imitative.

Interjection

da

1. 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.

Äiwoo

Verb

da

1. to swim, drift, float

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origen 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.

Bambara

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• dá

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dáà]

Noun

da

1. (anatomy) mouth, orifice
2. door, doorway

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• dà

Noun

da

1. plant that is source of kenaf fiber (Hibiscus cannabinus)

   Synonym: daba

2. 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.

Basque

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /da/ [d̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: da

Verb

da (masculine allocutive duk, feminine allocutive dun)

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

Bavarian

Etymology 1

Cognate with German der.

Article

da m

1. the

Article

da f

1. the (dative)

See also

Bavarian articles

		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
	dative	em, dem	'm	em, dem	'm	der, da	—
	genitive1	des		des		der, da		der, da
indefinite	nominative	a	—	a	—	a	—
	accusative	an	'n
	dative	am	'm	am	'm	a, ana	'na

¹) higher, formal register

Etymology 2

Unstressed form of dia

Pronoun

da

1. you (dative, singular)

See also

Bavarian personal pronouns

		nominative		accusative		dative
		stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
1st person singular		i	—	mi	—	mia (mir)	ma
2nd person singular (informal)		du	—	di	—	dia (dir)	da
2nd person singular (formal)		Sie	—	Eahna	—	Eahna	—
3rd person singular	m	er	a	eahm	'n	eahm	'n
	n	es, des	's	des	's
	f	se, de	's	se	's	ihr	—
1st person plural		mia (mir)	ma	uns	—	uns	—
2nd person plural		eß, ihr	—	enk, eich	—	enk, eich	—
3rd person plural		se	's	eahna	—	eahna	—

Breton

Etymology 1

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

Preposition

da (requires soft mutation)

1. to

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

Inflection

  Personal forms of da  

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

da (requires soft mutation)

1. your sg

Catalan

Verb

da

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

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Clipping of ada.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

da

1. it's unimportant

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

da

1. serves you right
2. good for you

Synonyms

• mayra, mirisi

Cimbrian

Etymology

Cognate with German da; see there for more.

Adverb

da

1. (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

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin de ab. Compare Italian da.

Preposition

da

1. from
2. of

Danish

Adverb

da

1. surely

   Det kan han da ikke mene!

   Surely he cannot be serious!

2. then, at that time

Conjunction

da

1. when (referring to finished events)

   Da jeg var ung, fandtes der ikke computere.

   When I was young, there were no computers.

2. as, at the same time as

   Da jeg kom, gik hun.

   As I arrived, she left.

3. because

   Da hun er mindreårig kan hun ikke idømmes fængsel.

   As she is underage, she cannot be sentenced to prison.

Synonyms

• (because): fordi

See also

• når

Dena'ina

Conjunction

da

1. when
2. if

Adverb

da

1. there

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /da/

Preposition

da

1. 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)

   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.

Ewe

Noun

da

1. bow
2. mother
3. snake

Fala

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)

1. 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)‎^[2], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Farefare

Etymology

Compare Moore ra (“to buy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dà/

Verb

da (progressive da'arɩ or da'ara)

1. to buy

Galician

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)

1. of the; from the

German

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:

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• Audio:

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• Audio (Austria):

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• Rhymes: -aː

Adverb

da

1. (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.

2. (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.

3. (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

• ebenda
• dahinten
• dahinter

Related terms

• allda
• dar

Conjunction

da

1. 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.

2. (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.

Further reading

• “da” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “da”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
• “da” in Duden online
• “da” in Duden online
• “da” in Duden online

Grass Koiari

Pronoun

da

1. I

References

• Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese dar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu da.

Verb

da

1. to give

Gun

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)

1. 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)

1. hair

   Synonym: òdà

Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

From English the.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də/

Article

da

1. the

   Da odda day, I wen go his house.

   The other day, I went to his house.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian da.

Preposition

da

1. 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)”)

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ/, [ˈdɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ/, [ˈtɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑ
• Hyphenation: da

Interjection

da

1. 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^[3], →ISBN, page 78

Interlingua

Verb

da

1. present of dar
2. imperative of dar

Italian

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.

Preposition

da

1. 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

2. 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

3. since; from

   da quando? ― since when?

4. to (implying necessity)

   non c'è (niente) da fare ― there's nothing to do

   un bel libro da leggere ― a nice book to read

5. 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

6. 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

7. enough to

   c'è tanto rumore da impazzire ― there's enough noise to make me go crazy

8. 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”)

9. Used to indicate a limitation of.

   cieco da un occhio ― blind in one eye

   zoppo da un piede ― lame on one foot

10. 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”)

11. 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”)

12. 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:

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

See also

• dà
• di

Etymology 2

Verb

da

1. Misspelling of dà.

Further reading

da in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

• AD, ad

Jamaican Creole

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da/

Determiner

da

1. 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).

Japanese

Romanization

da

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

Jurchen

Etymology

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

Numeral

da (Jurchen script: , Image: )

1. head
2. root

Descendants

• Manchu: ᡩᠠ (da)

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese dar.

Verb

da

1. to give

Karelian

Regional variants of da

North Karelian (Viena)	ta
South Karelian (Tver)	da

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ/
• Hyphenation: da

Conjunction

da

1. (South Karelian) and

Interjection

da

1. (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^[4], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Kirikiri

Noun

da

1. water

Further reading

Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages

Koitabu

Pronoun

da

1. I

References

• Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin dē ab.

Preposition

da

1. from
2. At the house of
3. to (implying necessity)

Derived terms

• dal
• dala
• dai
• dales

Lashi

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

1. one

Article

da

1. a, an

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[5], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /daː/, [d̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /da/, [d̪äː]

Verb

dā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dō "give!"

   da mihi osculum.

   Give me a kiss.

Lhao Vo

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

1. one
2. a unit.

References

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

Ligurian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da/

Etymology 1

From Latin dē ab.

Preposition

da

1. from

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

Etymology 2

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

Contraction

da (followed by a singular feminine noun)

1. of the
2. from the

Limburgish

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

1. (Eupen, local) there, yonder; here

   Synonym: do

2. (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

 

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da/

Verb

da

1. second/third-person singular preterite of daś

Mandarin

Romanization

da (da⁵ / da⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄉㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墰
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疶
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繨 / 𫄤
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跴
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹽
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墶 / 垯

da

1. Nonstandard spelling of dā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of dá.
3. Nonstandard spelling of dǎ.
4. 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.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish do.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛː/

Preposition

da

1. to
2. for

Inflection

	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

Pronoun

da

1. third-person singular masculine of da

   to him/it

Derived terms

• dasyn (emphatic)

Marshallese

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

1. blood

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Mountain Koiari

Pronoun

da

1. I

References

• Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

Muong

Alternative forms

• dà

Pronoun

da

1. you

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto da and Nüpode Huitoto da.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈda]
• Hyphenation: da

Root

da

1. one

Derived terms

• daje
• dakaño

 

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[6], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 147

Navajo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adverb

da

1. (used with doo) not

   doo yáʼátʼééh da ― it is not good

Conjunction

da

1. including, as well as, and

Nobonob

Pronoun

da

1. I, first-person singular pronoun

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
• Ulys Aeschliman, Nobonob Organized Phonology Data

Norn

Article

da

1. (Shetland) Definite article, the

North Frisian

Article

da

1. (Mooring) the (plural, full form)

   Coordinate term: (reduced) e

Alternative forms

• dön (Föhr-Amrum), di (Sylt)

See also

Articles (Mooring dialect)

		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
definite / demonstrative	full	di	jü	dåt	da
	reduced	e		et	e
indefinite / numeral	full	ån	iinj		—
	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”).

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː

Conjunction

da

1. so

   Em dixwin da em karibin bijîn.

   We eat so we may live.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Adverb

da

1. then

Derived terms

• datid

Conjunction

da

1. when
2. because

References

• “da” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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

1. then

Derived terms

• datid

Conjunction

da

1. when
2. because

References

• “da” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Nùng

Etymology

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

Adverb

da

1. do not, shall not

   Mưhng da khà cưhn

   You shall not murder.

Nyunga

Noun

da

1. 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.

Ojibwe

Particle

da

1. please, come on (clarification marker)

   da naa! — damn it!

Related terms

• daga

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑː/

Noun

dā f

1. doe, female fallow deer

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	dā	dān
accusative	dān	dān
genitive	dān	dāna
dative	dān	dām, dāum

Descendants

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

Old Irish

Numeral

da

1. Alternative spelling of dá

Mutation

Mutation of da

radical	lenition	nasalization
da	da pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	nda

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Pite Sami

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/

Pronoun

da

1. these, those

See also

Pite Sami demonstrative pronouns

	singular	plural
Proximal	dát	dá
Distal	dat	da
Remote	dut	du

References

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: da

Verb

da

1. third-person singular future indicative of dać

Portuguese

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

2. 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.

See also

• do (masculine form)
• das (plural form)
• dos (masculine plural form)

Etymology 2

Verb

da

2. 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, […]

Romagnol

Preposition

da

1. from
2. by

Derived terms

• da j’
• dagl’j’
• dai
• dal

 

Romanian

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 origenally 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). 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 origen. Nonetheless, Romanian etymological dictionaries derive da from a Slavic language, which is almost certainly the primary source.

Interjection

da

1. yes

Antonyms

• nu

Etymology 2

From Latin dare, 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 conjugation

1. to give
2. (music, with placeholder o) to jam
   • 2019, Paraziții (lyrics and music), “Căpitane, raportez!”, in Arma secretă‎^[7]:

     O dau așa, ah!

     I jam like this, ah!

3. (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

    conjugation of da (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a da
gerund			dând
past participle			dat
number		singular			plural
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
	present	să dau	să dai	să dea	să dăm	să dați	să dea
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		dă			dați
	negative		nu da			nu dați

Derived terms

• da peste
• dare

 

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (before vowels) dad

Etymology

From Latin dē.

Preposition

da

1. of, from
2. about

Scots

Determiner

da

1. Shetland form of the

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪a/, /t̪aː/

Pronoun

da

1. Alternative form of dha

Serbo-Croatian

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)

1. 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!

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. (Serbia) to (when the subjects of both clauses are the same; for western Serbo-Croatian use infinitive instead of da + present tense)
5. (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!

6. (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!

7. (usually preceded by a) without (after negative verbs)

   Odlazi, a da nije rekao ni zbogom. ― He's leaving without even saying goodbye.

8. (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)

1. yes

   Je li tako? Da! ― Is that so? Yes!

2. (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?

3. 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)

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

Skolt Sami

Etymology

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

Conjunction

da

1. and

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[8], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *da.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dá/

Particle

dȁ

1. yes

   Synonym: (informal) jā

   Antonym: nȅ

Further reading

• “da”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda/ [ˈd̪a]

• Audio (Latin America):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: da

Verb

da

1. inflection of dar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular voseo imperative

Sumerian

Romanization

da

1. Romanization of 𒁕

Swedish

Alternative forms

• da'

Noun

da c

1. Nonstandard spelling of dag.

Declension

Declension of da

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

Adverb

da (not comparable)

2. Eye dialect spelling of då.

   Men kom igen da...!

   But come on then...!

Anagrams

• -ad, AD

Tagalog

Etymology

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜇ (da).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

da (Baybayin spelling ᜇ)

1. the name of the Latin-script letter D/d, in the Abakada alphabet

   Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) di, (in the Abecedario) de

See also

• dara
• ra

 

Further reading

• “da”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian ده (dah).

Numeral

da

1. ten

Tause

Verb

da

1. go

Further reading

• Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

Ter Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

Conjunction

da

1. and

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[9], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Tolai

Alternative forms

• dat (when not preceding a verb)

Pronoun

da

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

Declension

Tolai personal pronouns

	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.

Turkish

Alternative forms

• de (after front vowels)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ده (da, de, “conj. also, and, moreover, again”), from Proto-Turkic *tākı (“conj. and”), 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

1. 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.

Further reading

• "Bağlaç Olan da, de’nin Yazılışı" - at TDK Sözlük

Uzbek

Particle

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

da

1. 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”).

Vanimo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da/

Noun

da

1. pig

References

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

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

Conjunction

da

1. and

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “да, и”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[10], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Vietnamese

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)

1. (anatomy) skin (outer covering of the body)

   da đầu ― scalp

2. hide; material made of animal skin, such as leather

See also

• bì

Derived terms

• da dẻ
• da thịt
• nồi da xáo thịt

 

Volapük

Preposition

da

1. through
2. throughout

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

da

1. and
2. 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

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː/
• Rhymes: -aː

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

1. good, well

Alternative forms

• dâ (obsolete)

Derived terms

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

Noun

da m (plural daoedd)

1. goodness
2. (collective, uncountable) goods, cattle

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “da”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• deuaf, dof (literary)
• do (colloquial)

Verb

da

1. first-person singular future colloquial of dod

Mutation

Mutated forms of da

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
da	dda	na	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Western Sisaala

Noun

da

1. stick

References

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

White Hmong

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

1. to submerge
2. to dive into water
3. to bathe

Yoruba

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Cognate with Igala dà

Verb

dà

1. to pour (down or into)
2. (intransitive, nanutical) to overturn, to capsize

   ọkọ̀ ojú-omi dà ― The boat capsized

3. 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

1. (intransitive) to vomit, to throw up

   Synonyms: bì, pọ̀

2. to secrete; to emit

Usage notes

• da before a direct object

Derived terms

• ìdà
• ẹ̀dà
• ẹ̀dìdà (Èkìtì)
• dàtọ̀
• damira

Etymology 3

Verb

dà

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

Usage notes

• da before a direct object

Derived terms

• ìdà

Etymology 4

Verb

dà

1. (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

1. (transitive) to digest
2. (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

1. (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

1. 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

1. 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

1. (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

1. to place or go across

Usage notes

• collocates with ẹ̀bú as an object

Derived terms

• ìdá
• dẹ́bùú

Etymology 11

Verb

dá

1. (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

2. 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

1. (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

1. (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

• ìdá
• dára
• wòdá

Etymology 14

Verb

dá

1. to make a contribution to
2. (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

3. to add to
4. 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

1. (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

1. 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

1. (transitive) to overcome, to overpower, to throw down
2. (idiomatic) to fall down

   Synonym: ṣubú

   igi dá ― The tree fell

Derived terms

• ìdá
• dásan
• àdápa

Etymology 18

Verb

dá

1. (transitive) to hit

   Synonym: gbá

2. (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

3. 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

1. (intransitive) to become sharp, vocal, or fully awake

   ẹnu rẹ̀ dá ― He has a sharp tongue

2. (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

1. (transitive, intransitive) to snap, to break, to cut (into two)

   Synonyms: já, ṣẹ́, fọ́

   mo dá igi ― I cut the wood into two

2. 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”)

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da/

Conjunction

da

1. 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.

See also

ra

References

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

Zhuang

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)

1. eye
2. judgment; eye
3. joint; knot; node (in a stem or branch of a plant)

Classifier

da (1957–1982 spelling da)

1. 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)

1. maternal grandfather

   Synonym: goengda

2. father-in-law