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da

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of da in English

English Online Dictionary. What means da‎? What does da mean?

Translingual

Etymology 1

From deca-.

Symbol

(metrology) deca-, indicating multiplication by 10

Etymology 2

From Danish dansk.

Symbol

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Danish.

English

Etymology 1

From child language; compare dad and dada.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɑː/
Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

da (plural das)

(Ireland, Scotland, Northern England) Father.
Alternative form: da'

Synonyms

pa, Pa
daddy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian да (da, “yes”). Doublet of too.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɑː/
Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

da (uncountable)

(slang, Russianism) Yes; an affirmative response.

Interjection

(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/
Rhymes: -iː, -ʌ

Article

Pronunciation spelling of the.

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/.

Etymology 4

Imitative.

Interjection

A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.

Anagrams

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

Äiwoo

Verb

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.

Bambara

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [dáà]

Noun

(anatomy) mouth, orifice
door, doorway

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

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.

Basque

Pronunciation

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”).

Bavarian

Etymology 1

Cognate with German der.

Article

da m

Article

da f

the (dative)

Etymology 2

Unstressed form of dia

Pronoun

you (dative, singular)

Breton

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

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

Catalan

Verb

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

it's unimportant

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

serves you right
good for you

Synonyms

mayra, mirisi

Cimbrian

Etymology

Cognate with German da; see there for more.

Adverb

(Sette Comuni) 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

Cornish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /daː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *daɣ, from Proto-Celtic *dagos. Cognate with Welsh da.

Adjective

da (comparative gwell, superlative gwella)

good
Synonym: mas

Antonym: drog

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Presumably borrowed from English doe.

Noun

da f (plural daes)

doe, hind (female deer)
Synonym: ewik

Derived terms

Mutation

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin de ab. Compare Italian da.

Preposition

from
of

Danish

Adverb

surely
then, at that time

Conjunction

when (referring to finished events)
as, at the same time as
because
Da hun er mindreårig kan hun ikke idømmes fængsel.
As she is underage, she cannot be sentenced to prison.

Synonyms

(because): fordi

Dena'ina

Conjunction

when
if

Adverb

there

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da/

Preposition

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

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

Ewe

Noun

bow
mother
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)

of the

References

Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[4], 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)

to buy

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈda/ [ˈd̪a]
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: da

Contraction

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

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, Low German dar, dor, English there, Swedish där. Adverb 3 is cognate with Dutch toen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /daː/, [däː]
Rhymes: -aː

Adverb

(local) there
Synonym: dort
(temporal) then; so; at that moment
Synonyms: also, dann
(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.
present, here, there (having arrived, being around in the topical location, regardless of whether this matches the speaker's position)

Derived terms

ebenda
dahinten
dahinter

Related terms

allda
dar

Conjunction

since; as; because; given that
Synonyms: weil, zumal
(literary, dated) when
Synonyms: als, wenn, wo
- 1545, Martin Luther et al., Genesis 7:6:

Usage notes

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

Grass Koiari

Pronoun

References

Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese dar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu da.

Verb

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)

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

References

Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

From English the.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /də/

Article

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian da.

Preposition

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

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^[5], →ISBN, page 78

Interlingua

Verb

present of dar
imperative of dar

Isoko

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Edoid *ɗa.

Verb

(transitive) to drink

Usage notes

If a liquid is unspecified, it would then have to be accompanied by "udi".

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

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:

Etymology 2

Verb

misspelling of dà

References

Anagrams

AD, ad

Jamaican Creole

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da/

Determiner

this here; that there

Usage notes

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

Japanese

Romanization

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: )

head
root

Descendants

Manchu: ᡩᠠ (da)

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese dar.

Verb

to give

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni ida, from Proto-Austronesian *ida (“they, them”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈda/ [ˈdä]

Determiner

their (postposed)
Synonyms: (preposed) ila, ilu

Synonyms: la, lu, do, di, de, to

Pronoun

Ergative preposed third-person plural pronoun: they

Karelian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ/
Hyphenation: da

Conjunction

(South Karelian) and

Interjection

(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^[6], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Kirikiri

Noun

water

Koitabu

Pronoun

References

Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin dē ab.

Preposition

from
At the house of
to (implying necessity)

Derived terms

dal
dala
dai
dales

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdaː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪aː]

Verb

dā

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

Lhao Vo

Etymology

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

Noun

one
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

from

Etymology 2

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

Contraction

da (followed by a singular feminine noun)

of the
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

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

Derived terms

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da/

Verb

second/third-person singular preterite of daś

Mandarin

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
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墶 / 垯

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.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish do.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛː/

Preposition

Inflection

Pronoun

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:

Noun

blood

References

Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Mountain Koiari

Pronoun

References

Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

Muong

Alternative forms

Pronoun

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto da and Nüpode Huitoto da.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈda]
Hyphenation: da

Root

Derived terms

References

Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[7], 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

IPA^(key): /tɑ̀/

Adverb

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

Conjunction

including, as well as, and

Nobonob

Pronoun

I, first-person singular pronoun

Norn

Article

(Shetland) Definite article, the

North Frisian

Article

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

Alternative forms

dön (Föhr-Amrum), di (Sylt)

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɑː

Conjunction

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Adverb

then

Derived terms

datid

Conjunction

when
because

References

“da” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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

then

Derived terms

datid

Conjunction

when
because

References

“da” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Nùng

Etymology

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

Adverb

do not, shall not

Nyunga

Noun

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

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

doe, female fallow deer

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

Descendants

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

Old Irish

Numeral

alternative spelling of dá

Mutation

Pite Sami

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Pronoun

these, those

References

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

Polish

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: da

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

(Lasovia) used to express joy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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

Hyphenation: da

Contraction

da f sg

contraction of de a (“of/from the (feminine singular)”): feminine singular of do

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:do.

Etymology 2

Verb

obsolete spelling of dá
- 1614, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinaçam:

Romagnol

Preposition

from
by

Derived terms

Romanian

Pronunciation

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). 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.

Interjection

Antonyms

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

Verb

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

to give
to hit
(music, with placeholder o) to jam
(reflexive, with placeholder o, see usage notes) to have sex, to do, to take
to feed an animal

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

Derived terms

References

Romansch

Alternative forms

(before vowels) dad

Etymology

From Latin dē.

Preposition

of, from
about

Scots

Determiner

Shetland form of the

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪a/, /t̪aː/

Pronoun

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)

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)
(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) Question-forming interrogative particle.
(Serbia) A particle used for marking the following verb with matching subject; to
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

Skolt Sami

Etymology

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

Conjunction

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *da.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dá/

Particle

dȁ

yes
Synonym: (informal) jā

Antonym: nȅ

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Sumerian

Romanization

romanization of 𒁕

Swedish

Alternative forms

Noun

da c

nonstandard spelling of dag

Declension

Adverb

da (not comparable)

eye dialect spelling of då

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)

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

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian (dah).

Numeral

Tause

Verb

Ter Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

Conjunction

Tolai

Alternative forms

dat (when not preceding a verb)

Pronoun

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

Declension

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]

Conjunction

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

Uzbek

Particle

locative case marker, used to show the time or the place of an action; equivalent to English in or at

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

References

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

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

Conjunction

References

Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “да, и”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[11], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

(North Central Vietnam) đa

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

Etymology 2

See đa. This form has been completely displaced by the mainstream đa originated from Central Vietnam.

Noun

(classifier cây) da

(originally Northern Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) obsolete form of đa (“banyan”)

Volapük

Preposition

through
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

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)

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)

goodness
(collective, uncountable) goods, cattle

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

deuaf, dof (literary)
do (colloquial)

Verb

first-person singular future colloquial of dod

Mutation

References

Western Sisaala

Noun

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

to submerge
to dive into water
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

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

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

ìdá
dára
wòdá

Etymology 14

Verb

dá

to make a contribution to
(with sí) to intervene; 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, bestow
Wọ́n dá mi lọ́lá gidi gan-an ― They really honoured me

Derived terms

Etymology 15

Verb

dá

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

Derived terms

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

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

Related terms

bù (“to scoop out”)

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da/

Conjunction

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

Zhuang

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ta˨˦/
Tone numbers: da¹
Hyphenation: da

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (“eye”).

In Northern Tai, cognate with Bouyei dal.

In Zuojiang Zhuang, cognate with ha (Longzhou and Daxin dialects) or ta as in makta etc. (Ningming and Chongzuo dialects).

In Central Tai, cognate with Nong Zhuang ta.

In Southwesten Tai, 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).

Possibly cognate with Proto-Austronesian *maCa (“eye”).

Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui ndal, Southern Kam dal, Hlai [ʈʂʰaː¹] and Lingao [ɗa¹].

Compare Old Chinese 睹 (OC *taːʔ, “to see”).

Noun

da (Sawndip forms 𥅂[4] or 𭾚[4] or 𰥗[4] or 𰥎[4] or 𠯈[4] or 他[4] or 哆[4] or 打[4], 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”).

In Northern Tai, cognate with Bouyei dal.

In Zuojiang Zhuang, cognate with Zuojiang Zhuang da as in gungqda (Longzhou, Ningming and Chongzuo dialects) or dah as in gungzdah (Daxin dialect).

In Central Tai, cognate with Nong Zhuang daq (Guangnan dialect).

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Thai ตา (dtaa), Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Shan တႃ (tǎa).

Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔt₁aʔ (“male elder”) (Old Khmer អ្តា, Khmer តា (taa)).

Noun

da (Sawndip forms 𭖯[4] or 㐲[4] or 𰁫[4] or ⿰老他[4] or ⿰口夛[4] or 他[4] or 她[4] or 大[4], 1957–1982 spelling da)

maternal grandfather
Synonym: goengda
father-in-law