ado

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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Adjora.

Symbol

ado

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Abu.

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English

Etymology

From Northern Middle English at do (to do), infinitive of do, don (to do), see do. Influenced by an Old Norse practice of marking the infinitive by using the preposition at, att (compare Danish at gå (to go)). More at at, do.

Pronunciation

Noun

ado (uncountable)

  1. trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:commotion

Usage notes

Ado is mostly used in set phrases, such as without further ado or much ado about nothing.

Translations

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References

Anagrams

Afar

Alternative forms

  • (Southern dialects) aadó

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈdo/
  • Hyphenation: a‧do

Noun

adó f 

  1. (Northern dialects) generation
  2. (Northern dialects) era

Declension

Declension of adó
absolutive adó
predicative adó
subjective adó
genitive adó
Postpositioned forms
l-case adól
k-case adók
t-case adót
h-case adóh

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ado”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Ambonese Malay

Interjection

ado

  1. expression of annoyance (clarification of this definition is needed)

French

Etymology

Clipping of adolescent.

Pronunciation

Noun

ado m or f by sense (plural ados)

  1. (colloquial) teen, teenager

Gun

Etymology

Cognate with Saxwe Gbe ado and Adja edu.

Pronunciation

Noun

àdó

  1. wall

Japanese

Romanization

ado

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あど

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

ado

  1. second-person singular aorist active of dadāti (to give)

Scots

Verb

ado

  1. alternative form of adae

Noun

ado (plural adoes or ado's)

  1. alternative form of adae

References

Sidamo

Ado.

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji ada, Hadiyya ado and Kambaata ado.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈado/
  • Hyphenation: a‧do

Noun

ado f (uncountable)

  1. milk

References

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 62
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “ado”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

ado

  1. (intransitive) to arrive

Conjugation

Conjugation of ado
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person toado foado miado
2nd person noado niado
3rd
person
masculine oado iado
yoado (archaic)
feminine moado
neuter iado

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV ado
Brazilian standard ado
New Tribes ado

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arroz.

Pronunciation

Noun

ado

  1. rice

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ado”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon