badala

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See also: badała

Galician

Verb

badala

  1. inflection of badalar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

badala

  1. inflection of badalar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Sidamo

Badala.

Etymology

Cognates include Burji badala and Gedeo ባዳላ (badala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈdala/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧da‧la

Noun

badala f (singulative badalcho m)

  1. (collective) maize (Zea mays)

Declension

Declension of badala (feminine)
unmodified modified
predicative badala
nominative badala badala
genitive badalate*) badala*)
dative badalate badalara
accusative badala*)
ablative badalatenni badalanni
*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 333
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “badala”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic بَدَل (badal).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

-badala (declinable)

  1. alternative

Declension

Inflected forms of -badala
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mbadala
m-mi class(III/IV) mbadala mibadala
ji-ma class(V/VI) badala mabadala
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kibadala vibadala
n class(IX/X) mbadala mbadala
u class(XI) mbadala see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pabadala
ku class(XVII) kubadala
mu class(XVIII) mubadala

Noun

badala (n class, plural badala)

  1. substitute, replacement
  2. representation

Derived terms

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