mada

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

mada m anim

1. racket-tail
2. any parrot of genus Tanygnathus

Declension

Finnish

Verb

mada

1. inflection of mataa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Galician

Alternative forms

• manda, meada

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mãada, from Latin manuata (“a handful”). Cognate with Spanish manada and Italian manata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaða̝/

Noun

mada f (plural madas)

1. handful, fistful

   Synonyms: manchea, presa

2. bundle; sheaf

   Synonyms: feixe, maínzo, mollo

3. pack; herd

   Synonyms: fato, grei, rabaño

4. school, shoal

   Synonym: cardume

References

• “mãada” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “mada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “manda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “manda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ma‧da

Adjective

mada

1. nonstandard spelling of madar (“mad, heartless”).

Irish

Noun

mada m (genitive singular mada, nominative plural madaí)

1. Alternative form of madadh (“dog”)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mada”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

mada

1. Rōmaji transcription of まだ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मद (mada, “intoxication”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mada/

Noun

mada

1. intoxication, infatuation, rage
2. intoxicating drink

Adjective

mada

1. intoxicated, infatuated, enraged, conceited.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

mada m

1. intoxication
2. infatuation; obsession
3. conceit; self-importance

Declension

Polish

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from German Mud, from Middle Low German mudde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.da/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ma‧da

Noun

mada f

1. (geology) alluvial soil
2. (colloquial, rail transport) mixture of wet leaves or other materials and substances of natural origin deposited on railway or tram rails, which makes the track surface very slippery

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• mada in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mada in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

mada m

1. Alternative form of madadh

Mutation

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “mada”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Conjunction

mada (Cyrillic spelling мада)

1. although
2. albeit

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji mada, Hadiyya mada and Oromo madaa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmada/
• Hyphenation: ma‧da

Noun

mada f 

1. wound, sore

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “mada”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic .

Noun

mada (n class, plural mada)

1. topic, theme, subject

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English murder.

Verb

-mada (infinitive kumada)

1. (Sheng) to murder or finish

Conjugation

References

West Makian

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate mada, Tidore moda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.d̪a/

Noun

mada

1. (informal) the mouth

   Synonym: pasul (polite)

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

mada (possessed madadü)

1. foliage, plant(s), herbs in general
2. herb(s) used for magical purposes, especially the kind of wild elephant ear plant called woi

Derived terms

• kawadi madadü

References

• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “mada”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎, Museu do Índio/FUNAI
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 289
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