dada

dada

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dada"
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English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Imitative of a child's first syllables; see dad.

Noun

dada (plural dadas)

  1. (childish) Father, dad.

Etymology 2

Noun

dada (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Dada (“cultural movement”).

Anagrams

Acehnese

Noun

dada

  1. (anatomy) breast

References

Balinese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian *daSdaS.

Noun

dada (Balinese script ᬤᬤ)

  1. (anatomy) chest

References

  • “dada”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Buginese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian *daSdaS.

Noun

dada (Lontara spelling ᨉᨉ)

  1. (anatomy) chest
    Synonym: aro

References

Caló

Alternative forms

Noun

dada m

  1. (endearing) father
    Synonyms: batico, bato

References

  • “dada” in Flamenco - Caló, El Flamenco.
  • “dada” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

dada f (plural dades)

  1. datum
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Participle

dada f sg

  1. (obsolete) feminine singular of dat

Further reading

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دادا (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”), from Persian دادا (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”). Compare Turkish dadı and Serbo-Croatian dàdilja.

Noun

dada

  1. (Northern) older sister
    Synonyms: apte, abla, tata

Declension

Declension of dada
nominative dada
genitive dadanıñ
dative dadağa
accusative dadanı
locative dadada
ablative dadadan

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

dada

  1. aunt
    Synonym: manay

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaː.daː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: da‧da

Etymology 1

From French dada (literally “hobby horse”).

Noun

dada n (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. dada, the cultural movement
    Synonym: dadaïsme

Adjective

dada (invariable, comparative meer dada, superlative meest dada)

  1. related to the dada art movement
  2. bizarre, irrational, like dada art

Etymology 2

Interjection

dada

  1. (childish) bye-bye
    Zeg dada aan oma. ― Say bye-bye to granny.

Adverb

dada

  1. (childish) away
    Oma gaat dada. ― Granny is going away now.

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

From French dada.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑdɑ/, [ˈdɑ̝dɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑdɑ
  • Syllabification(key): da‧da
  • Hyphenation(key): da‧da

Noun

dada

  1. Dada

Declension

Inflection of dada (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative dada dadat
genitive dadan dadojen
partitive dadaa dadoja
illative dadaan dadoihin
singular plural
nominative dada dadat
accusative nom. dada dadat
gen. dadan
genitive dadan dadojen
dadain rare
partitive dadaa dadoja
inessive dadassa dadoissa
elative dadasta dadoista
illative dadaan dadoihin
adessive dadalla dadoilla
ablative dadalta dadoilta
allative dadalle dadoille
essive dadana dadoina
translative dadaksi dadoiksi
abessive dadatta dadoitta
instructive — dadoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of dada (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative dadani dadani
accusative nom. dadani dadani
gen. dadani
genitive dadani dadojeni
dadaini rare
partitive dadaani dadojani
inessive dadassani dadoissani
elative dadastani dadoistani
illative dadaani dadoihini
adessive dadallani dadoillani
ablative dadaltani dadoiltani
allative dadalleni dadoilleni
essive dadanani dadoinani
translative dadakseni dadoikseni
abessive dadattani dadoittani
instructive — —
comitative — dadoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative dadasi dadasi
accusative nom. dadasi dadasi
gen. dadasi
genitive dadasi dadojesi
dadaisi rare
partitive dadaasi dadojasi
inessive dadassasi dadoissasi
elative dadastasi dadoistasi
illative dadaasi dadoihisi
adessive dadallasi dadoillasi
ablative dadaltasi dadoiltasi
allative dadallesi dadoillesi
essive dadanasi dadoinasi
translative dadaksesi dadoiksesi
abessive dadattasi dadoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — dadoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative dadamme dadamme
accusative nom. dadamme dadamme
gen. dadamme
genitive dadamme dadojemme
dadaimme rare
partitive dadaamme dadojamme
inessive dadassamme dadoissamme
elative dadastamme dadoistamme
illative dadaamme dadoihimme
adessive dadallamme dadoillamme
ablative dadaltamme dadoiltamme
allative dadallemme dadoillemme
essive dadanamme dadoinamme
translative dadaksemme dadoiksemme
abessive dadattamme dadoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — dadoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative dadanne dadanne
accusative nom. dadanne dadanne
gen. dadanne
genitive dadanne dadojenne
dadainne rare
partitive dadaanne dadojanne
inessive dadassanne dadoissanne
elative dadastanne dadoistanne
illative dadaanne dadoihinne
adessive dadallanne dadoillanne
ablative dadaltanne dadoiltanne
allative dadallenne dadoillenne
essive dadananne dadoinanne
translative dadaksenne dadoiksenne
abessive dadattanne dadoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — dadoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative dadansa dadansa
accusative nom. dadansa dadansa
gen. dadansa
genitive dadansa dadojensa
dadainsa rare
partitive dadaansa dadojaan
dadojansa
inessive dadassaan
dadassansa 		dadoissaan
dadoissansa
elative dadastaan
dadastansa 		dadoistaan
dadoistansa
illative dadaansa dadoihinsa
adessive dadallaan
dadallansa 		dadoillaan
dadoillansa
ablative dadaltaan
dadaltansa 		dadoiltaan
dadoiltansa
allative dadalleen
dadallensa 		dadoilleen
dadoillensa
essive dadanaan
dadanansa 		dadoinaan
dadoinansa
translative dadakseen
dadaksensa 		dadoikseen
dadoiksensa
abessive dadattaan
dadattansa 		dadoittaan
dadoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — dadoineen
dadoinensa

Further reading

French

Etymology

Of imitative origin, from children's speech.

Pronunciation

Noun

dada m (plural dadas)

  1. (childish) horse
  2. hobby horse

Further reading

Garo

Etymology

Likely from Bengali দাদা (dada)

Noun

dada

  1. elder brother

Synonyms

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɒdɒ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: da‧da
  • Rhymes: -dɒ

Noun

dada (plural dadák)

  1. nurse (a person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young)
    Synonyms: dadus, dajka

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative dada dadák
accusative dadát dadákat
dative dadának dadáknak
instrumental dadával dadákkal
causal-final dadáért dadákért
translative dadává dadákká
terminative dadáig dadákig
essive-formal dadaként dadákként
essive-modal — —
inessive dadában dadákban
superessive dadán dadákon
adessive dadánál dadáknál
illative dadába dadákba
sublative dadára dadákra
allative dadához dadákhoz
elative dadából dadákból
delative dadáról dadákról
ablative dadától dadáktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		dadáé dadáké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		dadáéi dadákéi
Possessive forms of dada
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. dadám dadáim
2nd person sing. dadád dadáid
3rd person sing. dadája dadái
1st person plural dadánk dadáink
2nd person plural dadátok dadáitok
3rd person plural dadájuk dadáik
  • dadus

References

  1. ^ dada in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • dada in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • dada in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Iban

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *dada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian *daSdaS.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈd̪ad̪a]

Noun

dada

  1. chest

References

  • Scott, N. C. (1956), A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎[2], School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay dada, from Proto-Malayic *dada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian *daSdaS.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈdada/ [ˈda.da]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: da‧da

Noun

dada (plural dada)

  1. (anatomy) chest, thorax
  2. (anatomy) chest cavity, thoracic cavity
    Synonyms: rongga dada, ruang dada

Derived terms

Affixations
Compounds
  • buah dada
  • dada ayam
  • dada bidang
  • dada burung
  • dada lapang
  • dada lega
  • dada manuk

Further reading

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Modification of adamh (“atom”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠad̪ˠə/

Pronoun

dada

  1. iota, jot, whit, tittle
  2. (chiefly in the negative) anything, nothing
    Níl dada ann. ― There's nothing there.
    Ní fheicim dada. ― I can't see anything.

Derived terms

  • dada beo

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dada”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dadom”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “dadaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 219
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “dadaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 300; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “dada”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “dada”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Italian

Noun

dada m (invariable)

  1. (art) Dada

Anagrams

Malagasy

Etymology 1

Noun

dada

  1. father, dad

Etymology 2

Noun

dada

  1. a dance where the feet are made to imitate the beating of a drum

Etymology 3

Adjective

dada

  1. (Tankarana, Tambahoaka) synonym of dadoa

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *dada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian *daSdaS.

Pronunciation

Noun

dada (Jawi spelling دادا, plural dada-dada or dada2)

  1. (anatomy) chest, breast
  2. (figurative) seat of emotions: heart
    Synonym: hati

Verb

dada (active mendada, third-person passive didada)

  1. Bare form of mendada (“to confront or face something or someone”).

Derived terms

Affixations
Compounds

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: dada (inherited)

See also

References

Further reading

Maltese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian dado and/or Sicilian dadu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaː.da/
  • Rhymes: -aːda

Noun

dada f (plural dadi)

  1. die, dice (polyhedron used in games of chance)
  2. cube (object more or less in the form of a cube)

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dada/

Etymology 1

From Hindi दादा (dādā).

Noun

dada

  1. paternal grandfather
    Hypernym: granper

Etymology 2

From Marathi दादा (dādā).

Noun

dada

  1. older brother
    Hypernym: frer

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀤𑀤 (Brahmi script)
  • दद (Devanagari script)
  • দদ (Bengali script)
  • දද (Sinhalese script)
  • ဒဒ or ၻၻ (Burmese script)
  • ทท or ทะทะ (Thai script)
  • ᨴᨴ (Tai Tham script)
  • ທທ or ທະທະ (Lao script)
  • ទទ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄘𑄘 (Chakma script)

Verb

dada

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect active of dadāti (“to give”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈda.dɐ/ [ˈda.ðɐ]

  • Rhymes: -adɐ
  • Hyphenation: da‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French dada.

Noun

dada m (plural dadas)

  1. alternative form of dadá

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

dada

  1. feminine singular of dado

Adjective

dada

  1. feminine singular of dado

Participle

dada

  1. feminine singular of dado

See also

Further reading

Salar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tada/

Noun

dada (3rd person possessive dadası, plural dadalar)

  1. father's younger brother, younger paternal uncle

Declension

Declension of dada
singular plural
nominative dada dadalar
genitive dadaniği dadalarniği
dative dadağa dadalara
definite accusative dadanı dadalarnı
locative dadada dadalarda
ablative dadadan dadalardan
instrumental dadala dadalarla
pronominal dadağı dadalarğı
indefinite article dada-or dadalar-or
definite article dadacük dadalarcük
Possessive declension of dada
nominative
singular plural
miniği ("my") dadam dadamlar
siniği ("your") dadañ dadañlar
aniği ("their") dadası dadasılar
piserniği ("our") dadamız dadamızlar
selerniği ("your") dadañız dadañızlar
ularniği ("their") dadası dadasılar
accusative
singular plural
miniği ("my") dadamnı dadamlarnı
siniği ("your") dadañnı dadañlarnı
aniği ("their") dadasını dadasılarnı
piserniği ("our") dadamıznı dadamızlarnı
selerniği ("your") dadañıznı dadañızlarnı
ularniği ("their") dadasını dadasılarnı
dative
singular plural
miniği ("my") dadama dadamlara
siniği ("your") dadaña dadañlara
aniği ("their") dadasığa dadasılara
piserniği ("our") dadamıza dadamızlara
selerniği ("your") dadañıza dadañızlara
ularniği ("their") dadasığa dadasılara
locative
singular plural
miniği ("my") dadamda dadamlarda
siniği ("your") dadañda dadañlarda
aniği ("their") dadasıda dadasılarda
piserniği ("our") dadamızda dadamızlarda
selerniği ("your") dadañızda dadañızlarda
ularniği ("their") dadasıda dadasılarda
ablative
singular plural
miniği ("my") dadamdan dadamlardan
siniği ("your") dadañdan dadañlardan
aniği ("their") dadasıdan dadasılardan
piserniği ("our") dadamızdan dadamızlardan
selerniği ("your") dadañızdan dadañızlardan
ularniği ("their") dadasıdan dadasılardan
instrumental
singular plural
miniği ("my") dadamla dadamlarla
siniği ("your") dadañla dadañlarla
aniği ("their") dadasıla dadasılarla
piserniği ("our") dadamızla dadamızlarla
selerniği ("your") dadañızla dadañızlarla
ularniği ("their") dadasıla dadasılarla

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “dada”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow: Nauka, page 46
  • 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1992), “dada”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都 [Chéngdū]: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 42
  • 马伟 [Ma Wei] (2016), “dada”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 [Qīnghǎi, Qinghai]: 青海师范大学 [Qinghai Normal University], unpublished finalized project manuscript (国家社会科学基金项目结项稿, 定稿; National Social Science Fund of China), page 271

Spanish

Etymology

Feminine of dado.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdada/ [ˈd̪a.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: da‧da

Participle

dada f sg

  1. feminine singular of dado

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Ewe dàdá (“aunt”), Gen dadá (“aunt”)[1]

Noun

dada

  1. Form of address for an aunt

References

  1. ^ Norval Smith (2009), “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 465.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

dada class IX (plural dada class X)

  1. sister
    Coordinate term: kaka

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Related to daldal.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /daˈdaʔ/ [d̪ɐˈd̪aʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: da‧da

Noun

dadâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜇ)

  1. meaningless chatter; gibberish; impertinent talk
    Synonyms: daldal, dakdak, satsat, yakyak, yapyap, ngalngal

Derived terms

  • dada nang dada
  • madada

Further reading

  • “dada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Tetum

Noun

dada

  1. pull

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *tààtá.

Noun

dada class 1a (plural ŵadada class 2)

  1. father, dad

Coordinate terms

Xhosa

Etymology

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

Verb

-dada

  1. to swim

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Yoruba

Etymology

From Dàda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dà.dā/

Noun

dàda

  1. alternative letter-case form of Dàda (“a child born with matted, curly hair”)
  2. dreadlocks
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