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ada

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

• Wiktionary's coverage of Adangme terms

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

adá f 

1. disturbance, bother

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

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, Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

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

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: a‧da

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ada (definite accusative adanı, plural adalar)

1. island

• yarımada (“peninsula”)

ada

1. Romanization of ᬳᬤ

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.

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: a‧da

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

1. continual

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 *adaʔ, 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”)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔä.dä/

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• Hyphenation: a‧da
• Rhymes: -da, -a

ada

1. to be present, to exist, be there

   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

• (antonym(s) of “to be present, to exist”): tiada

• “ada” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, 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)

• اد
• ade (colloquial)

From Proto-Malayic *ada, *ada-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ada, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

• IPA^(key): /ada/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -a, -da

ada (Jawi spelling اد)

1. to be (exist)

   Antonym: tiada

   Ada dua jalan untuk ke sekolah.

   There are two routes for going to school.

2. to have

   Synonym: punya

   Antonym: tiada

   Saya cuma ada satu pemadam.

   I only have one eraser.

• adakan / اداکن
• adalah / اداله
• berada / براد
• keadaan / کأداءن

• “ada” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• 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/,

ada

1. enemy

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آطه (ada).

• (àda) IPA^(key): /ǎda/
• (áda) IPA^(key): /ǎːda/

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àda, áda f (Cyrillic spelling а̀да, 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), 2006–2025

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”).

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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/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: a‧da

ada (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ)

1. fairy

   Synonyms: diwata, nimpa

• “ada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “ada”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025

From Ottoman Turkish آطه (ada, “island”), from Proto-Turkic *ātag (“island”). Cognate with Azerbaijani ada, Crimean Tatar ada, Turkmen ada, Kazakh атау (atau), Kumyk атав (ataw), etc. The following are borrowings from Turkish: Serbo-Croatian ada, Ladino adá, Laz ada, Zazaki ada.

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ada (definite accusative adayı, plural adalar)

1. island

• → Northern Kurdish: ada
• → Zazaki: ada

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ada”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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