ada

Clipping of English Adangme.

ada

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Adangme.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Adangme terms

• IPA^(key): /aˈda/ [ʔʌˈdʌ]
• Hyphenation: a‧da

adá f

1. disturbance, bother

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 74

ada

1. inflection of adë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Derived from Malay ada and Indonesian ada.

ada

1. there is, there are
2. to be present, here

   Sagala waktu beta ada.

   I am here every minute.

3. to have

   Dorang ada pung ruma deng kabong.

   They have a house and a garden.

4. to be in a state of

   Dia ada saki.

   He/she is currently sick.

ada

1. rich

   Dorang orang ada.

   They are rich people.

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎^[2], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ātag (“island”). Cognate with Crimean Tatar ada, Turkish ada.

• IPA^(key): [ɑˈdɑ]
• Hyphenation: a‧da

• Audio (Baku):

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ada (definite accusative adanı, plural adalar)

1. island

• yarımada (“peninsula”)

From Old Balinese ada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

ada (Balinese script ᬳᬤ) (madia)

1. to be, exist

   Synonym: (alus mider) wénten

   Ada orta apa? ― What is the news?

2. to need

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wada”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• adè, adah (dialectal)

From Classical Malay ada, from Proto-Malayic *ada(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada. Its auxiliary usage is likely a semantic loan from Hokkien 有 (ū); compare Singlish got.

• IPA^(key): /ada/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧da

ada

1. to exist (of a specified thing); there be
   • 1972, Aman Doris, “Tukang Kain [Cloth Seller]”, in Tukang Tuak [Palm Wine Seller]‎^[3], performed by Benyamin Sueb & Ida Royani, Jakarta: Indah, track A4:

     Kaèn batik adè, pelèkat juga’ adè

     There are batik cloths, there are striped cloths as well

2. to be present

   Synonym: hadir

3. to have

   Synonyms: ada punya, gableg, ngelah

   • 1970, Sjurmani D., “Tutup Kontrak [To Sign A Contract]”, in Indonesian basic course: The Djakarta dialect‎^[4] (in Indonesian), Washington, D. C.: Defense Language Institute, page 40:

     Nok gue ade potongan direktur kagak?

     [Nok, guè adè potongan dirèktur, kaga'?]

     Nok, do I have the look of a director?

   • 2021, Bang Ilok, “Nutur Kembang Duren [Collecting Durian Flowers]”, in Betawi Punya Cerita [Batavian Anecdotes], Bogor: Guepedia, →ISBN, page 43:

     Ntuh kembang duren nyeng pada merutug biasanya ada kelokopan nya ngikut jatoh, ...

     [Ntuh kembang durèn nyeng pada merutug biasanya ada kelokopannya ngikut jatoh, ...]

     Those fallen durian flowers usually have their sepals intact falling along, ...

4. (auxiliary) used to emphasize that the action is currently taking place or has been done

   Gua ada nongton pèlem, nih. ― I am actually watching movies right now.

   Gua ada bilang ama dia, sih. ― I did actually tell them.

5. (auxiliary) used to mark the completive or experiential aspect
6. (auxiliary) used to mark the habitual aspect
   • c. 1970, Uci Sanusi, “Rancak Zaman Jepang [The Poem of Japanese Occupation]”, in Betawi Tempo Doeloe [Old-Time Batavia], Jakarta: Sumber Ria, track A2:

     Kepiting ada menjapit kerang

     Crabs catch clams (all the time)

7. (auxiliary) used to mark the realis modality

• Batten, C. J. (1868), “Ada”, in De djoeroe basa Betawi: Eenvoudige Bataviaasch-Maleische woordenverzameling [The Betawi translator: A simple Batavian-Malay word collection] (in Dutch), Batavia: H. M. van Dorp, page 3

• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976], “adè”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 3

From Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. The *jj > d sound change follows Holtzmann's law.

ada

1. egg
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Legationis Turcicae Epistolae Quatuor:

     Ada. Ovum.

     Egg. Egg.

ada

1. island

From Turkic, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ata.

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈtɑ/, /ˈɑtɑ/

ada

1. father

Back-formation from -ada.

• IPA^(key): /ˈada/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: a‧da

ada (accusative singular adan, plural adaj, accusative plural adajn)

1. continual

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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ada m (plural adas)

1. tyrant (bird)

ada

1. elder brother

• adagipa (formal)
• adatang (formal)
• dada

From Spanish hada.

áda

1. fairy

From Proto-Malayic *ada(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada. Doublet of nadai.

ada

1. to be born; to give birth
2. to supply; to provide
3. to have; to possess

• IPA^(key): /àdá/

àda

1. eldest daughter
2. daughter

• ada eze (“princess”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔä.dä/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: a‧da
• Rhymes: -da, -a

From Malay ada, from Classical Malay اد (ada), from Old Malay hada, from Proto-Malayic *ada(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ada, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

ada (intransitive, does not take voice prefixes)

1. to be present, to exist, be there

   Antonym: tiada

   Ia ada di sana.

   He/she is over there.

   Dia ada di sana deh.

   Ada tiga pilihan yang tersedia.

   There are three options available.

   Ada tiga pilihan sedia.

2. to have, to possess

   Ia tidak ada uang

   He/she does not have money.

   Dia gak ada uangnya.

3. there is

Borrowed from Ngadha [Term?].

ada (uncountable)

1. (dialect) customs, procedures and norms

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦢ (ada).

ada (plural ada-ada)

1. (dialect) vein skeleton of a leaf
2. (dialect) feather

   Synonym: bulu

Borrowed from Sabu [Term?].

ada (plural ada-ada)

1. (dialect) a group representing a tribe to follow the tali manu dabba

Borrowed from Sabu [Term?].

ada (plural ada-ada)

1. (dialect) mucus from dead animals

• “ada”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

ada

1. Rōmaji transcription of あだ

ada

1. romanization of ꦲꦢ

ada

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of adīt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of adīt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of adīt

ada

1. Latin spelling of ადა (ada)

• ade (Standard Southern Peninsula, colloquial)

From Proto-Malayic *ada(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

• (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): /ˈadə/ [ˈa.də]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Rhymes: -adə

• (Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /ˈada/ [ˈa.da]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: a‧da

ada (Jawi spelling اد)

1. (no subject) There are, there is.

   Antonym: tiada

   Ada dua jalan untuk ke sekolah.

   There are two routes for going to school.

2. To be (exist).

   Antonym: tiada

   Adam tidak ada di sekolah.

   Adam is not at school.

3. To have.

   Synonym: punya

   Antonym: tiada

   Saya cuma ada satu pemadam.

   I only have one eraser.

4. (auxiliary) Perfective aspect marker, indicating a complete action.

   Adam ada pergi sekolah juga.

   Adam has gone to school too.

5. (creole Malay, auxiliary) Progressive aspect marker, indicating an ongoing action.

• Indonesian: ada

• "ada" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

ada

1. (transitive) to borrow

• Mark Donohue (1999), A Grammar of Tukang Besi, Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 534

• ade, ادا (ada)

From Turkish ada (“island”), Ottoman Turkish آطه (ada, “island”), from Proto-Turkic *ātag (“island”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈdɑː/

ada f (Arabic spelling ئادا)

1. island

   Synonyms: cizîr, dûrgeh, girav

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “ada”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 1

Compare Cahuilla 'álwet

• IPA^(key): /aɾa/

ada

1. crow

• Liljeblad, Sven; Fowler, Catherine S.; Powell, Glenda (2012), The Northern Paiute-Bannock Dictionary, →ISBN

ada

1. ginger

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈda/, [a.ˈda]

ada

1. enemy

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آطه (ada).

• IPA^(key): /ǎda/, /ǎːda/

• Audio:

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àda or áda f (Cyrillic spelling а̀да or а́да)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) island (usually one in a river), eyot

   Synonym: (Croatia) òtok

• ȍstrvo (Bosnia, Serbia)

• “ada”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

• Isaković, Alija (1993), “ada”, in Rječnik karakteristične leksike u bosanskome jeziku [Dictionary of characteristic words of the Bosnian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Wuppertal: Bambi, →ISBN, page 44

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya ada, Kambaata ada and Oromo adaadaa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈada/
• Hyphenation: a‧da

ada f 

1. paternal aunt

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007), A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 82
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “ada”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Borrowed from Arabic أَدَاء (ʔadāʔ, “payment”).^[1]

• Audio (Kenya):

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ada class IX (plural ada class X)

1. fee

Borrowed from Spanish hada (“fairy”), from Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔada/ [ˈʔaː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: a‧da

ada (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ) (mythology)

1. fairy

   Synonyms: diwata, nimpa

• “ada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• “ada”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.

Back-formation from adan, from Proto-Berber *(i-)ad-an (“intestines”).^[1] Cognate with Tarifit, Ghomara, Sokna, Ghadames, and Senhaja de Srair adan (“intestines”)

• IPA^(key): /ada/

ada m (plural adan, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴰ, Arabic spelling آدا)

1. gut, intestine

   Synonyms: iliwi, aẓrm

   آر سغويّون وادان نّخ ― ar sɣuyyun wadan nnx ― Our intestines are screaming (of hunger).

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 62b

• IPA^(key): [ada]

• Audio:

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آطه (ada), from Proto-Turkic *ātag.

ada (definite accusative adayı, plural adalar)

1. island, isle, a contiguous area of land totally surrounded by water

   Synonym: cezire

2. city block, the smallest part of a town or city enclosed by streets

• → Northern Kurdish: ada
• → Zazaki: ada

• “ada”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “ada”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “ada5”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 107
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ada”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ada

1. dative singular of ad

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ada

1. second-person singular imperative of adamak

Other scripts
Latin	ada‍
Cyrillic	ада‍
Arabic	آدا

From Proto-Turkic *ātag (“island”). Cognate with Turkish ada, Azerbaijani ada, Crimean Tatar ada, Kazakh атау (atau), Kumyk атав (ataw), etc.

ada (definite accusative adany, plural adalar)

1. island

ada

1. (Loli) to guard

• Lobu Ori, S,Pd, M.Pd (2010), “ada”, in Kamus Bahasa Lolina [Dictionary of the Loli Language] (in Indonesian), Waikabubak: Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Barat

Cognate with Edo áda, possibly derived from à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ dá (“to split, to slice”)

• IPA^(key): /à.dá/

àdá

1. machete, cutlass

   Synonym: ìgòdan

• aládàá (“one who has a cutlass, butcher”)

• IPA^(key): /ā.dà/

adà

1. the tree Lophira lanceolata, commonly used in traditional herbal medicine

ada f

1. island