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Azerbaijani
Suffix
preceding vowel
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A / I / O / U
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E / Ə / İ / Ö / Ü
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-da
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-də
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-da
- Form of -də after the vowels A / I / O / U.
- maşın → maşında
- car → in car
- Peru → Peruda
- Peru → in Peru
Usage notes
This suffix is to be preceded by an additional n when the noun it is appended to already ends with another suffix's vowel.
- dostumun maşını → dostumun maşınında
- my friend's car → in my friend's car
Derived terms
See -də.
Basque
Suffix
-da
- Alternative form of -ta
Finnish
Etymology
Variously from Proto-Finnic *-dak, *-tak.
Suffix
-da (front vowel harmony variant -dä, linguistic notation -dA)
- A suffix present in certain first infinitives, short form, the citation form of Finnish verbs.
Usage notes
When this suffix is omitted, what remains is the stem of the verb. With the verbs nähdä and tehdä, the consonant stem is left. The first consonant of the following word or enclitic is lengthened.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-da
- (noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun indicating the place of the action.
- zár (“to close, shut”) + -da → zárda (“cloister”)
Usage notes
- (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
- -da is added to back-vowel words
- -de is added to front-vowel words
- -oda same as -da with a linking vowel
- -öde same as -de with a linking vowel
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Ilocano
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ida, from Proto-Austronesian *ida.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
-da
- Third-person plural absolutive enclitic pronoun; they; them
- Sumakdoda idiay poso. ― They fetched water from the water pump.
- Third-person plural ergative enclitic pronoun; they
- Inusarda ti lapisko. ― They used my pencil.
- Third-person plural possessive marker; their
- Napardas ti kotseda. ― Their car is fast.
Usage notes
- When the ergative agent is also a pronoun, the absolutive patient becomes ida. See also usage notes at isuda.
- Inayabanda ni Thomas. ― Thomas called them.
- Inayabanna ida. ― He called them.
See also
Ilocano personal pronouns
Person
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Number
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Absolutive
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Ergative
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Oblique
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Possessive
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Disjunctive
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Enclitic
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Enclitic3
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bági form
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kukua form
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First
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singular
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siak
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-ak
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-ko, -k
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kaniak
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bagik
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kukuak, kuak
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dual
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data, sita1
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-ta
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kaniata, kadata
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bagita
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kukuata
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plural inclusive
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datayo, sitayo1
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-tayo, -tay
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kaniatayo, kadatayo
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bagitayo
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kukuatayo
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plural exclusive
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dakami, sikami1
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-kami, -kam
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-mi
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kaniami, kadakami
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bagimi
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kukuami
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Second
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singular
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sika
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-ka
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-mo, -m
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kaniam, kenka
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bagim
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kukuam
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plural
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dakayo, sikayo1
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-kayo, -kay
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-yo
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kaniayo, kadakayo
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bagiyo
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kukuayo
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Third
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singular
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isu, isuna
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Ø2
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-na
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kaniana, kenkuana
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bagina
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kukuana
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plural
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isuda
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-da
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kaniada, kadakuada
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bagida
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kukuada
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1Regional variants. 2Null morpheme. There is no absolutive enclitic for the third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives isu or isuna may also be used. 3Ergative enclitics are also used as possessive markers.
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Irish
Suffix
-da
- Alternative form of -ga
Kambera
Pronoun
-da
- third person plural genitive enclitic
See also
Kambera pronominal clitics
Khalaj
Suffix
preceding vowel
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A / I / O / U
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E / Ə / İ / Ö / Ü
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-da
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-də
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-da
- Form of -də after the vowels A / I / O / U.
Laboya
Pronoun
-da
- first person plural inclusive subject enclitic
- first person plural inclusive possessive enclitic
See also
Laboya pronominal clitics
Mokilese
Suffix
-da
- Used to form verbs with a perfective sense
- loakjidi (“to fish”) + -da → loakjidihda (“to catch (a fish)”)
- rapahki (“to look for”) + -da → rapahkihda (“to find”)
- Used to form verbs with a sense of creating or making
- ir (“string”) + -da → irda (“to string a lei”)
- Used to form verbs with a sense of randomness or scatteredness
- poadok (“to plant”) + -da → poadokda (“to plant randomly”)
- pihni (“to paint”) + -da → pihnihda (“to daub on paint”)
- Used to form verbs describing an upward motion
- jarek (“to come out of something”) + -da → jarekda (“to pull up”)
Usage notes
- When applied to words with a final vowel, this suffix causes the vowel to be lengthened.
- Mokilese has several perfective suffixes, including -da and -la. Some verbs take one specific perfective suffix, while others may take multiple suffixes, forming multiple different meanings.
Derived terms
References
Murui Huitoto
Pronunciation
Classifier
-da
- Classifier for long and straight objects.
- Classifier for objects that resemble a valley.
Derived terms
References
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia., Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 194
Old Irish
Suffix
-da
- variant form of -de
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da/
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification:
Suffix
-da f
- (obsolete) forms feminine nouns meaning the action of a verb
- prawy + -da → prawda
- krzywy + -da → krzywda
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- -da in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scottish Gaelic
Suffix
-da
- Alternative form of -te
- Mo leannan de mòran bhliadhnaichean, 's pòsda sinn mu dheireadh thall! ― My sweetheart of many years, we are married at long last!
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ده (-da, “locative suffix”), from Proto-Turkic *-te (“locative suffix”). Cognate with Karakhanid دا (-dā, “locative suffix”), Old Turkic 𐱃𐰀 (t¹a /-ta/, “locative suffix”).
Suffix
-da
- Used to form locative of nouns.
- okul + -da → okulda
Usage notes
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *-da, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ta, from Proto-Austronesian *-ta.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-da
- A first-person plural inclusive possessive suffix.
Further reading
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)