დადა

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Etymology 1

Probably Imitative of a child's syllables.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑdɑ/
  • Hyphenation: და‧და

Noun

დადა (dada) (Plural დადაფე, Latin spelling dada)

  1. (dialectal, Jigetore) beaded toy with pearls for children. (This does not refer to toys such as dolls or cars)
  2. (childish) (dialectal, Vizha, Artasheni, VitseArkabi) toy
    Synonyms: ობირაშე (obiraşe), ოსთერონი (osteroni)
    მემეტიქ დადა ჰელიკოფთერი “ჰექ ჰაქ გობოფუთხინა” ჲაში ნჯაზ ქონონთხაფუ
    memeťik dada heliǩopteri “hek hak goboputxina” yaşi ncaz konontxapu
    While saying, "Let me fly it here and there," Memet crashed the toy helicopter into a tree
  3. (figurative) (dialectal, Vizha, Artasheni, VitseArkabi) something not considered important (like a toy)
    სკანი წუნა შკიმიში შკალა დადა
    sǩani ǯuna şǩimişi şǩala dada n
    Your pain is a toy next to mine
  4. (dialectal, Khopa) rattle

Etymology 2

Shortened form of დადალა (dadala).

Noun

დადა (dada) (Plural დადაფე, Latin spelling dada) (Vizha)

  1. (childish) flower
    Synonym: დადალა (dadala)
    ბერე დადა ქომეჩი
    bere dada komeçi
    Give flower to the kid

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “dada”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)