da

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From deca-.

da

1. (metrology) deca-, indicating multiplication by 10

Clipping of Danish dansk or English Danish.

da

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Danish terms

From child language; compare dad and dada.

• IPA^(key): /dɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

da (plural das)

1. (Ireland, Scotland, Northern England) Father.

   Alternative form: da'

   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 55:

     Oh where is yer da son? The man said it to me and was grumpy. Is yer da here?

   • 2011, Philip Reeve, Scrivener's Moon, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 48:

     Once the silky gent who ran a barge called the Knuckle Sandwich tried to persuade Borglum's ma and da to sell him their little dwarfish boy for twelve gold coins.

• pa, Pa
• daddy

Borrowed from Russian да (da, “yes”). Doublet of too.

• IPA^(key): /dɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

da (uncountable)

1. (slang, Russianism) Yes; an affirmative response.

da

1. (slang, Russianism) Yes.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:da.

• nyet

Representing pronunciation of the in informal speech.

• IPA^(key): /diː/, /dʌ/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /də/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iː, -ʌ

da

1. Pronunciation spelling of the.

   Da New York Times

   Da Bears

   • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 11:

     "So I catch you. You stealer! Ho! Ho!" He seized the girl's wrist. "No, no, you don't run. Hey! Where is-a da cop?"

   • 2012, Jeffrey Arnold, Nobody's Laughing, page 157:

     They are both holding onto their caps in the stiff breeze, and Zang is shouting, "Where is da main hotel going to be?"

• Commonly used to represent the pronunciation of various second-language varieties of English where the first language of the speaker does not contain the phoneme /ð/ or babies that can't produce /ð/ yet.
• In the US, especially common in representations of speakers from Chicago or New York City and African American Vernacular. Less commonly, represents a receding Midwestern accent influenced by early German and Scandinavian immigrants whose native languages lacked /ð/.

Imitative.

da

1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.

   You know that tune that goes "da da da di-dum di-dum"?

• 'ad, -ad, A.D., AD, Ad, ad, ad-, ad.

da

1. to swim, drift, float

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

• dá

• IPA^(key): [dáà]

da

1. (anatomy) mouth, orifice
2. door, doorway

• dà

da

1. plant that is source of kenaf fiber (Hibiscus cannabinus)

   Synonym: daba

2. roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)

   Synonym: dabilen

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
• 2003. Moussa Diaby (République du Mali, Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale), Léxique de base : Bamanankan - Français, Fondation Karanta.

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /da/ [d̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: da

da (masculine allocutive duk, feminine allocutive dun)

1. Third-person singular (hura) present indicative form of izan (“to be”).

Cognate with German der.

da m

1. the

da f

1. the (dative)

Unstressed form of dia

da

1. you (dative, singular)

From Proto-Brythonic *di, from Proto-Celtic *dū (“to”). Cognate to Welsh i (“to”).

da (requires soft mutation)

1. to

   An den a zo aet da Vreizh. ― The man went to Brittany.

From Proto-Celtic *towe (“your, thy”); compare Cornish dha, Welsh dy, Irish do. See te (“you”).

da (requires soft mutation)

1. your sg

da

1. inflection of dar:
   1. third-person singular present/preterite indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Clipping of ada.

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /dæ/
• Rhymes: -dæ

da

1. it's unimportant

Unknown.

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ/
• Rhymes: -dɑ

da

1. serves you right
2. good for you

• mayra, mirisi

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jída (“to get dark, to get black”).

• IPA^(key): /ɗa/

-da (infinitive kudá)

1. to be dirty
2. to get dirty
3. to look dirty
4. to be black or brown
5. to be dark
6. to be clouded
7. to be covered with
8. to dislike
9. to hate

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -dera
  • Causative: -detsa
• mwini mphale sakuda chala (“the owner can do whatever he wants with his belonging”)
• mkada (“black person”)
• wakuda (“black person, negro, African”)
• wachikuda (“black person, negro, African”)

• Steven Paas (2016) Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[5], Oxford University Press, page 115

Cognate with German da; see there for more.

da

1. (Sette Comuni) there

   bèar khimmet bor hia un bèar ghéet bor da

   who comes here, and who goes there

• “da” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

• IPA^(key): /daː/

From Proto-Brythonic *daɣ, from Proto-Celtic *dagos. Cognate with Welsh da.

da (comparative gwell, superlative gwella)

1. good

   Synonym: mas

   Antonym: drog

Presumably borrowed from English doe.

da f (plural daes)

1. doe, hind (female deer)

   Synonym: ewik

From Latin de ab. Compare Italian da.

da

1. from
2. of

da

1. surely

   Det kan han da ikke mene!

   Surely he cannot be serious!

2. then, at that time

da

1. when (referring to finished events)

   Da jeg var ung, fandtes der ikke computere.

   When I was young, there were no computers.

2. as, at the same time as

   Da jeg kom, gik hun.

   As I arrived, she left.

3. because

   Da hun er mindreårig kan hun ikke idømmes fængsel.

   As she is underage, she cannot be sentenced to prison.

• (because): fordi

• når

da

1. when
2. if

da

1. there

From French de, Italian di, altered to differentiate de.

• IPA^(key): /da/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: da

da

1. Of, -ful (used instead of de with quantities, to emphasize the quantity rather than the thing quantified, or to indicate the unity of a shape and its material, a container and its contents, or a group and its members)^[1][2]

   glaso da vino ― a glass of wine, a glassful of wine

   kilogramo da viando ― a kilogram of meat

   grupo da homoj ― a group of people

   kvar metroj da ĉi tiu ŝtofo kostas naŭ frankojn

   four meters of this cloth costs nine francs

   Li ligis la tri florojn en bukedon, kaj prezentis al ŝi tiun bukedon da floroj

   He tied the three flowers into a bouquet, and presented her with this bouquet of flowers

   Damasko [...] estos amaso da ruinaĵoj

   Damascus will be a mass of ruins

   tuto da kondiĉoj kaj cirkonstancoj, en kiuj iu troviĝas

   all of the conditions and circumstances in which we find ourselves

   sistemo da sonoj por la esprimado de pensoj

   a system of sounds for the expression of thought

Unlike most prepositions, da cannot occur after a verb. It necessarily links two nouns (or exceptionally an elliptical adverb and a noun, as in sufiĉe da akvo below).

The article la does not occur after the preposition da, and this is often mistakenly understood to mean that the quantity introduced by da must be indefinite. However, there is no such restriction, any more than there is with possessive pronouns such as mia 'my', which also do not allow the article. Because of the unity of the two nouns linked by da, only the phrase can be modified by the article, so it must precede the first noun. See the fourth and fifth examples above.

Some Esperanto dictionaries substitute *listo de and *tuto de for listo da and tuto da. This is an error, an influence of Western languages which do not have an equivalent to da.

Compare these:

• listo da kandidatoj ― a list of candidates (list of names)
• listo da kondiĉoj de la kandidatoj ― a list of conditions from the candidates

• skatolo da ĉokolado ― a box of chocolates (a boxful of chocolate)
• skatolo de ĉokolado ― a chocolates box (the box itself, made for chocolates, but now perhaps used to store paper clips)
• skatolo el ĉokolado ― a box made of chocolate

• ho, se mia kapo havus sufiĉe da akvo kaj miaj okuloj estus fonto da larmoj! ― oh, if my head had enough water, and my eyes were a spring of tears!
• fonto de akvo ― a spring of water which indicates the kind of spring rather than the quantity of tears (an eyeful). Even dry eyes could be said to be fonto de larmoj 'a source of tears'; fonto da larmoj indicates that they are tear-filled eyes.

da

1. bow
2. mother
3. snake

From Old Galician-Portuguese da, equivalent to de (“of”) +‎ a (feminine singular definite article).

da f sg (plural das, masculine du or do, masculine plural dus or dos)

1. of the
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     A grandeda da lengua española é indiscotibli, i sei estudio, utilización defensa debin sel algo consostancial a nos, […]

     The greatness of the Spanish language is unquestionable, and its study, use and defense must be something consubstantial to us, […]

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[6], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Compare Moore ra (“to buy”).

• IPA^(key): /dà/

da (progressive da'arɩ or da'ara)

1. to buy

From a Slavic language. Cognate with Romanian da, Russian да (da)

da

1. yes

From contraction of preposition de (“of, from”) + feminine definite article a (“the”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈda/ [ˈd̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: da

da f (masculine do, masculine plural dos, feminine plural das)

1. of the; from the

• “o”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “da”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From a merger of three interrelated adverbs: 1.) Middle High German dā, dār (“there, at that place”), from Old High German thār, dār, from Proto-West Germanic *þār. 2.) Middle High German dar, dare (“thither, to that place”), from Old High German thara, dara, from an extended form of the former. 3.) Middle High German dō, duo (“then, at that time”), from Old High German thō, dō, duo, from Proto-Germanic *þō.

The three forms were already sometimes intermingled in Old and Middle High German. The eventual loss of the distinction in modern German was reinforced by phonetic mergers in various dialects. Today, the senses of adverbs 1 and 3 are covered by da, while adverb 2 has been chiefly replaced with hin, dahin. The form dar- remains as a variant of da- before vowels and in some compound verbs (like darlegen, darbringen). Adverb 1 and 2 are cognate with Dutch daar, Low German dar, dor, English there, Swedish där. Adverb 3 is cognate with Dutch toen.

• IPA^(key): /daː/, [däː]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Austria):

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• Rhymes: -aː

da

1. (local) there

   Synonym: dort

   • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 78:

     Am liebsten entfloh sie dem allem in den großen Garten. Da verbrachte sie ihre schönsten Stunden.

     She liked best to escape from all of that into the big garden. There she spent her most pleasant hours.

   Wir fahren nach Hamburg. Meine Frau hat eine Freundin, die da wohnt.

   We’re going to Hamburg. My wife has a friend who lives there.

2. (temporal) then; so; at that moment

   Synonyms: also, dann

   Ich war gerade eingeschlafen, und da kam ein Anruf.

   I had just fallen asleep, and that’s when someone called.

   Er hat immer weiter auf mich eingeschrien. Da bin ich einfach gegangen.

   He just kept on shouting at me. So I just left.

3. (colloquial) replaces any pronominal adverb when the context is clear

   Ich wollte eigentlich Linsensuppe machen, aber da (= dafür, dazu) hatte ich das Rezept nicht.

   I was actually going to make lentil soup, but I didn’t have the recipe for it.

   Wir haben jetzt ein Angebot gekriegt, aber da (= darüber) müssen wir noch diskutieren.

   We’ve now received an offer, but we’ll still need to have discussion about that.

4. present, here, there (having arrived, being around in the topical location, regardless of whether this matches the speaker's position)

   Die Gäste sind noch nicht da.

   The guests aren’t here yet.

• ebenda
• dahinten
• dahinter

• allda
• dar

da

1. since; as; because; given that

   Synonyms: weil, zumal

   • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 51:

     Und da er keinen Grund hatte, ihr seinen Namen zu verhehlen, so stellte er sich in aller Form vor.

     And because he had no reason to conceal his name from her, he introduced himself in all due form.

   Da die Stelle mit häufigen Auslandskontakten verbunden ist, sind gute Fremdsprachenkenntnisse unerlässlich.

   Since the position involves frequent international contacts, good foreign-language skills are essential.

2. (literary, dated) when

   Synonyms: als, wenn, wo

   • 1545, Martin Luther et al., Genesis 7:6:

     Er war aber sechshundert jar alt / da das wasser der Sindflut auff Erden kam.

     He was six hundred years old however, when the water of the deluge came upon Earth.

   Am Tag, da die Wahrheit offenbar wird, ist es zur Umkehr zu spät.

   On the day when the Truth will become manifest, it will be too late for penitence.

• In formal language, da is preferred over weil when it is in the first clause of the sentence.

• “da” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “da”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
• “da” in Duden online
• “da” in Duden online
• “da” in Duden online

da

1. I

• Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

From Portuguese dar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu da.

da

1. to give

• ɖà (Benin)

From Proto-Gbe *ɖa.^[1] Cognates include Fon ɖa, Saxwe Gbe ɖà, Adja ɖà, Ewe ɖa

• IPA^(key): /ɖà/

dà (Nigeria)

1. to cook

From Proto-Gbe *ɖa.^[2] Cognates include Fon ɖà, Saxwe Gbe oɖà, Adja eɖa, Ewe ɖa

• ɖà (Benin)

• IPA^(key): /ɖà/

dà (plural dà lẹ́) (Nigeria)

1. hair

   Synonym: òdà

From English the.

• IPA^(key): /də/

da

1. the

   Da odda day, I wen go his house.

   The other day, I went to his house.

Borrowed from Italian da.

da

1. by

   La genitori amesas da lia filii.

   The parents are loved by their children.

• di (“of (indicates possession or association)”)
• de (“from, of (where an amount is indicated)”)

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ/, [ˈdɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ/, [ˈtɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑ
• Hyphenation: da

da

1. and
   • 1885, “Sprachproben: Der goldene Vogel”, in Volmari Porkka, editor, Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte:

     Mäni da i heittiis makkaamaa, ja makkais taas hoomuksee nasse.

     He went and threw himself to sleep, too, and he slept up till the morning again.

     (Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Ingrian language.)

• ja, i

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 565
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[7], →ISBN, page 78

da

1. present of dar
2. imperative of dar

Probably from Proto-Edoid *ɗa. Cognate with Urhobo da.

da

1. (transitive) to drink

If a liquid is unspecified, it would then have to be accompanied by "udi".

• IPA^(key): /da/
• (traditional, Tuscany) IPA^(key): /da/^*
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: da

From Latin dē (“from”) + ā/ab (“of, from”). In the meaning of “at, near, by”, da probably comes from Latin unde + ad.^[1]

da

1. from (all senses)

   Giacomino da Verona ― Giacomino from Verona

   interviste dal libro ― interviews from the book

   traduzione dall’“Inferno” di Dante ― translation from Dante’s ‘Inferno’

   dalla terra alla luna ― from the Earth to the moon

2. Used to indicate the house, place, or establishment of; at/to + -'s

   da Giovanni ― at Giovanni’s (house)

   andare dal dottore ― to go to the doctor's

3. since; from

   da quando? ― since when?

4. to (implying necessity)

   non c'è (niente) da fare ― there's nothing to do

   un bel libro da leggere ― a nice book to read

5. like, as

   fare una vita da cani ― to live like a dog (literally, “to live like dogs”)

   correre da matti ― to run like crazy (literally, “to run like crazies”)

   trattare da amico ― to treat as a friend

6. by
   1. Used to indicate causation.

      saccheggiato dai ladri ― looted by thieves

   2. Used to indicate the means by which.

      era riconosciuto dalla voce ― he was recognized by his voice

      le giudico dalle azioni ― I judge them by their actions

7. enough to

   c'è tanto rumore da impazzire ― there's enough noise to make me go crazy

8. Used to express a quality or characteristic of.

   una ragazza dai capelli scuri ― a dark-haired girl (literally, “girl of dark hair”)

   un edificio dalla facciata classica ― a building with a classical facade (literally, “of a classical facade”)

9. Used to indicate a limitation of.

   cieco da un occhio ― blind in one eye

   zoppo da un piede ― lame on one foot

10. Used to indicate a price, measure, or value of; worth

    un martello da pochi soldi ― a cheap hammer (literally, “a hammer worth little money”)

    una lampadina da 60 watt ― a 60 watt lamp (literally, “lamp of 60 watt”)

11. Used to indicate a scope, purpose, or goal of; used to/for; in/with which to

    tenuta da poliziotto ― police gear (literally, “gear for a policeman”)

    copricapo da ciclista ― cyclist headgear (literally, “headgear for (a) cyclist”)

    una macchina da scrivere ― a machine used to write with

    un cavallo da corsa ― a race horse (literally, “a horse used for racing”)

12. Used in some adverbial phrases.

    da per tutto/dappertutto/da ogni parte ― everywhere

    da presso/dappresso ― closely

    da lontano ― from a distance

    da solo ― by oneself

• When followed by the definite article, da produces the following combined forms:

da + article	Combined form
da + il	dal
da + lo	dallo
da + l'	dall'
da + i	dai
da + gli	dagli
da + la	dalla
da + le	dalle

• dà
• di

da

1. misspelling of dà

• da in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

• AD, ad

• IPA^(key): /da/

da

1. this here; that there
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3 Jan 1:1:

     Da leta ya a kom fram mi, di elda — tu mi speshal fren, Gaiyos. Mi fren, mi riili riili lov yu.

     This letter comes from the elder to Gaius, my dear friend, whom I love in the truth.

   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 9:26:

     An da nyuuz de pred aal uova da ieriya de.

     News of what happened spread throughout that region.

     (literally, “And that news there spread all over that area there.”)

Da is placed before the noun. The noun must then be followed by ya (here) or de (there).

da

1. The hiragana syllable だ (da) or the katakana syllable ダ (da) in Hepburn romanization.

From Proto-Tungusic [Term?]. Cognate with Manchu ᡩᠠ (da) etc.

da (Jurchen script: , Image: )

1. head
2. root

• Manchu: ᡩᠠ (da)

From Portuguese dar.

da

1. to give

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni ida, from Proto-Austronesian *ida (“they, them”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈda/ [ˈdä]

da

1. their (postposed)

   Synonyms: (preposed) ila, ilu

   Synonyms: la, lu, do, di, de, to

   Ing kuwartu da.

   Their room.

da

1. Ergative preposed third-person plural pronoun: they

   Nilinis doreng kuwartu da.

   They cleaned their room.

Regional variants of da

North Karelian (Viena)	ta
South Karelian (Tver)	da

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ/
• Hyphenation: da

da

1. (South Karelian) and

da

1. (South Karelian) yes

• (yes): (North Karelian) jo, kyllä

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “da”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “ta”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[8], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

da

1. water

Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages

da

1. I

• Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

From Latin dē ab.

da

1. from
2. At the house of
3. to (implying necessity)

• dal
• dala
• dai
• dales

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdaː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪aː]

dā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dō "give!"

   da mihi osculum.

   Give me a kiss.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dan ~ daj (“single, one, whole, only”). Cognate with Burmese တည်း (tany:, “only, sole”) and Burmese တ (ta., “one”).

da

1. one
2. a unit.

• Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).

• IPA^(key): /da/

From Latin dē ab.

da

1. from

da + article	Combined form
da + o	da-o
da + a	da-a
da + i	da-i
da + e	da-e

de (“of, from”, preposition) + a (“the (fem. sing.)”, article)

da (followed by a singular feminine noun)

1. of the
2. from the

• do (Eupen)
• dao (widespread variant)
• dooe (Krefeld)

From a merger of three interrelated adverbs: 1.) Middle High German dā, dār (“there, at that place”), from Old High German thār, dār, from Proto-Germanic *þar. 2.) Middle High German dar, dare (“thither, to that place”), from Old High German thara, dara, from an extended form of the former. 3.) Middle High German dō, duo (“then, at that time”), from Old High German thō, dō, duo, from Proto-Germanic *þō.

• IPA^(key): /daː/
• Hyphenation: da
• Rhymes: -aː

da

1. (Eupen, local) there, yonder; here

   Synonym: do

2. (Eupen, temporal) then; so; at that moment

   Synonym: danne

• IPA^(key): /da/

da

1. second/third-person singular preterite of daś

da (da⁵ / da⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄉㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墰
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疶
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繨 / 𫄤
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跴
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹽
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墶 / 垯

da

1. nonstandard spelling of dā
2. nonstandard spelling of dá
3. nonstandard spelling of dǎ
4. nonstandard spelling of dà

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

From Old Irish do.

• IPA^(key): /dɛː/

da

1. to
2. for

da

1. third-person singular masculine of da

   to him/it

• dasyn (emphatic)

From Proto-Micronesian *caa, from Proto-Oceanic *draʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [rʲɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /rʲæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {dah}

da

1. blood

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

da

1. I

• Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

• dà

da

1. you

Cognates include Minica Huitoto da and Nüpode Huitoto da.

• IPA^(key): [ˈda]
• Hyphenation: da

da

1. one

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[9], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 147

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̀/

• Audio:

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da

1. (used with doo) not

   doo yáʼátʼééh da ― it is not good

da

1. including, as well as, and

da

1. I, first-person singular pronoun

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
• Ulys Aeschliman, Nobonob Organized Phonology Data

da

1. (Shetland) Definite article, the

da

1. (Mooring) the (plural, full form)

   Coordinate term: (reduced) e

• dön (Föhr-Amrum), di (Sylt)

• Rhymes: -ɑː

da

1. so

   Em dixwin da em karibin bijîn.

   We eat so we may live.

From Old Norse þá and þó (adverb); and Old Norse þá er (when, conjunction), and German da (because, conjunction).

da

1. then

• datid

da

1. when
2. because

• “da” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• då

From Old Norse þá and þó (adverb); and Old Norse þá er (“when”, conjunction), and German da (“because”, conjunction).

• IPA^(key): /dɑː/

da

1. then

• datid

da

1. when
2. because

• “da” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Compare Thai อย่า (yàa), Lao ຢ່າ (yā).

da

1. do not, shall not

   Mưhng da khà cưhn

   You shall not murder.

da

1. mouth

• 2011, Bindon, P. and Chadwick, R. (compilers and editors), A Nyoongar Wordlist: from the south-west of Western Australia, Western Australian Museum (Welshpool, WA), 2nd ed.

da

1. please, come on (clarification marker)

   da naa! — damn it!

• daga

From Proto-West Germanic *daijā, from Proto-Germanic *dajjǭ.

• IPA^(key): /dɑː/

dā f

1. doe, female fallow deer

Weak feminine (n-stem):

• Middle English: da, do, doo
  • Scots: da, dae
  • English: doe

da

1. alternative spelling of dá

• IPA^(key): /ta/

da

1. these, those

• Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: da

Onomatopoeic.

da

1. (Lasovia) used to express joy

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

da

1. third-person singular future indicative of dać

• Oskar Kolberg (1865) “da”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 261

From Old Galician-Portuguese da, from de (“of”) + a (“feminine definite article”).

• d'a (dated)

• Hyphenation: da

da f sg

2. contraction of de a (“of/from the (feminine singular)”): feminine singular of do
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 104:

     Ela estava sentada no parapeito da janela do quarto [...]

     She was sitting on the parapet of the window of the room [...]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:do.

• do (masculine form)
• das (plural form)
• dos (masculine plural form)

da

2. obsolete spelling of dá
   • 1614, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinaçam:

     [...], com que cada día nos da noticia de outras tão nouas que parece que a excedem, […]

     [...], with which he gives us each day news of other [marvels] so new that they seem to exceed it, […]

da

1. from
2. by

• да (da) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

• IPA^(key): /ˈda/

• Audio (female voice):

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• Audio (male voice):

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• Rhymes: -a

Borrowed from Bulgarian да (da). First attested in the 1810’s in the poems of Iancu Văcărescu^[1], having entered the language from the common speech of Muntenia and spreading to other regions starting in the 1860’s. Before, Romanian used echo answers or a variety of affirmative adverbs.^[2] Da does not feature in Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian and Istro-Romanian.

Another less likely (and controversial) theory argues that it perhaps derived originally from the Latin ita, one of several ways to say "thus", "so" or "yes"; it further may have been influenced by the da, also meaning "yes", in the surrounding Slavic languages before reaching its present state (see Sprachbund).^[3] See also dacă, which according to this theory derives from ita quod. In some regions, ta is used repeatedly to indicate impatience with someone talking too much or aimlessly, although this is more likely onomatopoetic in origin.

da

1. yes

• nu

From Latin dare, ultimately from Proto-Italic *didō, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti, from the root *deh₃- (“give”). Compare Aromanian dau, dari, Italian dare, Spanish dar.

a da (third-person singular present dă, past participle dat, third-person subjunctive dea) 1st conjugation

1. to give
2. to hit
3. (music, with placeholder o) to jam
   • 2019, Paraziții, “Căpitane, raportez!”, in Arma secretă‎^[10]:

     O dau așa, ah!

     I jam like this, ah!

4. to feed an animal

• “da”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
• Victor Celac — Despre vechimea și originea cuvântului «da» în limba română

• (before vowels) dad

From Latin dē.

da

1. of, from
2. about

da

1. Shetland form of the

• IPA^(key): /t̪a/, /t̪aː/

da

1. alternative form of dha

From Proto-Slavic *da, probably old imperative of the word dȁti, itself from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”).

da (Cyrillic spelling да)

1. that

   Rekao je da će doći. ― He said that he would come.

   Rekao sam ti da nemam pojma o čemu pričaš! ― I told you that I have no idea what you are talking about!

2. to, so, so that, in order to

   Došao je da mi sve ispriča. ― He came to tell me everything.

   Došao je ovdje da nađe posao. ― He came here to find work.

   Da bi se i mi mogli natjecati, moramo vježbati. ― To be able to compete, we have to practice.

3. to (when the subjects of both clauses are not the same)

   On hoće da mu pokažete put do stanice.

   He wants you to show him the way to the station.

4. (subjunctive only, often followed by i) if, even if (= kad)

   Da sam na vašem m(j)estu, ne bih se puno zamarao takvim detaljima. ― If I were you, I wouldn't bother too much with such details.

   Da si više radio, zaradio bi više novca. ― Had you worked harder, you would have made more money.

   Da i znam ne bih ti rekao! ― Even if I knew I wouldn't tell you!

5. (usually preceded by kȁo) as if, as though, like

   S(j)ećam se, kao da je bilo juče(r). ― I remember, as if it were yesterday.

   Kao da ne znaš o čemu pričam! ― As if you don't know what I'm talking about!

6. (usually preceded by a) without (after negative verbs)

   Odlazi, a da nije rekao ni zbogom. ― He's leaving without even saying goodbye.

7. (archaic, literary, religious) lest

   Onaj koji se bori protiv zla treba paziti da time i sam ne postane zao. ― He who fights evil need care lest he thereby become evil himself.

As a conjunction with the sense of "if", da, just like synonymous kad, is only used in subjunctive mood, to express what one wishes were the case or hypothetical situations contrary to reality in general. For all other uses, ako is used instead.

da (Cyrillic spelling да)

1. yes

   Je li tako? Da! ― Is that so? Yes!

2. (Serbia) Question-forming interrogative particle.
3. (Serbia) A particle used for marking the following verb with matching subject; to

   Da li ste žedni? ― Are you thirsty?

   Reci mi da li je to istina? ― Tell me if that is true?

4. Used in various phrases, expressing wishes, commands etc.

   Da se nisi usudio! ― Don't you dare!

   Da Bog dao! ― God willing! (literally, “If God gives (it).”)

   Da počnemo! ― Let's begin!

• (when starting a question): je li (Croatian, Serbian)

da (Cyrillic spelling да)

1. inflection of dati:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second/third-person singular aorist past

Presumably loaned from Russian (compare with Russian да (da)) or from Proto-Slavic *da.

da

1. and

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[11], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

From Proto-Slavic *da.

• IPA^(key): /dá/

dȁ

1. yes

   Synonym: (informal) jā

   Antonym: nȅ

• “da”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈda/ [ˈd̪a]

• Audio (Latin America):

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: da

da

1. inflection of dar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular voseo imperative

da

1. romanization of 𒁕

• da'

da c

1. nonstandard spelling of dag

da (not comparable)

2. eye dialect spelling of då

   Men kom igen da...!

   But come on then...!

• -ad, AD

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜇ (da).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /da/ [d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: da

da (Baybayin spelling ᜇ)

1. the name of the Latin-script letter D/d, in the Abakada alphabet

   Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) di, (in the Abecedario) de

• “da”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Cognate with Persian ده (dah).

da

1. ten

da

1. go

• Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

da

1. and

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[12], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

• dat (when not preceding a verb)

da

1. First-person inclusive plural pronoun: you (many) and I, you (many) and me

• de (after front vowels)

From Ottoman Turkish ده (da, de, “conj. also, and, moreover, again”),^[1] from Proto-Turkic *tākı (“conj. and”),^[2][3] whence daha and dahi. Cognate with Azerbaijani da (“also, as well, too”), Kazakh and Kyrgyz да (da, “also, as well, too”),

• IPA^(key): /‿dɑ/, [‿d̪ɑ]

• Audio:

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da

1. as well, too, also

   O da sorunun yanıtını biliyor. ― He also knows the answer to the question.

   Oğuzhan da bizimle geliyor. ― Oğuzhan is coming with us as well.

   Yağız da dondurma yemeyi sever. ― Yağız likes eating ice cream, too.

• Generally forms one speech unit with the preceding word. Accordingly it complies with vowel harmony; taking the form da after back vowels a, ı, o, u, and de after front vowels e, i, ö, ü.
• In writing it should not be joined to the preceding word. Such use is occasionally seen, but is considered incorrect by the Turkish Language Association. The disjoined spelling rules out confusion with the locative suffix -da.

• "Bağlaç Olan da, de’nin Yazılışı" - at TDK Sözlük

Probably from Proto-Edoid *ɗa. Cognate with Isoko da.

da

1. (transitive) to drink

• ẹdá (“act of drinking”)

• Anthony Obakpọnọvwẹ Ukere, Urhobo - English Dictionary, 1986 - version edited by Roger Blench, Cambridge 2005

da

1. locative case marker, used to show the time or the place of an action; equivalent to English in or at

   Samarqandda yashayman.

   I live in Samarqand.

   Soat uchda boraman.

   I go at 3 o'clock.

• When used after interrogative pronouns da can take on different meanings. Pronouns such as kim (“who”), nima (“what”), qayer (“where”), necha (“how many, how much”) become kimda (“to whom”), nimada (“with what, by using what”), qayerda (“from where”), nechada (“what time”).

• IPA^(key): /da/

da

1. pig

• Dialogue on Dialect Standardization, edited by Carrie Dyck, Tania Granadillo, Keren Rice

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

da

1. and

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “да, и”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[13], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jaː˧˧]

• Audio (Saigon):

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From Proto-Vietic *-taː. Cognate with Muong Bi ta.

• (North Central Vietnam) đa

(classifier làn) da • (䏧, 𤿦, 𪤻)

1. (anatomy) skin (outer covering of the body)

   da đầu ― scalp

2. hide; material made of animal skin, such as leather

• bì

See đa. This form has been completely displaced by the mainstream đa originated from Central Vietnam.

(classifier cây) da

1. (originally Northern Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) obsolete form of đa (“banyan”)

da

1. through
2. throughout

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ/, [ˈdɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑ
• Hyphenation: da
  • (rapid speech) IPA^(key): [ˈdə̠]

da

1. and
2. but

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “da”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

• IPA^(key): /daː/
• Rhymes: -aː

From Middle Welsh da, from Proto-Brythonic *daɣ, from Proto-Celtic *dagos (“good”) (compare Irish dea-).^[1]

da (feminine singular da, plural da, equative cystal, comparative gwell, superlative gorau)

1. good, well

• dâ (obsolete)

• da i ddim (“good-for-nothing”)
• da iawn (“well done”)
• da-da, pethau da (“sweets”)
• iechyd da (“cheers”)
• os gwelwch yn dda (“please”)

da m (plural daoedd)

1. goodness
2. (collective, uncountable) goods, cattle

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “da”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• deuaf, dof (literary)
• do (colloquial)

da

1. first-person singular future colloquial of dod

da

1. stick

• Steven Paul Moran, A grammatical sketch of Isaalo (Western Sisaala) (2006)

From Thai ดำ (dam) ("to dive") or Lao ດຳ (dam) ("to dive"), from Proto-Tai *ɗamᴬ (“to dive”).

• IPA^(key): /da˧/

da

1. to submerge
2. to dive into water
3. to bathe

• (high-tone): IPA^(key): /dá/
• (mid-tone): IPA^(key): /dā/
• (low-tone): IPA^(key): /dà/

Cognate with Igala dà

dà

1. to pour (down or into)
2. (intransitive, nanutical) to overturn, to capsize

   ọkọ̀ ojú-omi dà ― The boat capsized

3. to draw out some quantity of something all round or to put round an entity

   Synonym: bùyípo

• da before a direct object

• dà sílẹ̀ (“to spill”)

dà

1. (intransitive) to vomit, to throw up

   Synonyms: bì, pọ̀

2. to secrete; to emit

• da before a direct object

• ìdà
• ẹ̀dà
• ẹ̀dìdà (Èkìtì)
• dàtọ̀
• damira

dà

1. to throw down an object as in a ritual
2. to divine with something

• da before a direct object

• ìdà

dà

1. (transitive) to direct, guide, or lead a flock

   Fúlàní da mààlúù ― The Fulani directed a flock of cows

• da before a direct object

• ìdà
• daran (“to herd animals”)
• darandaran (“herder”)

dà

1. (transitive) to digest
2. (intransitive) to be digested

   oúnjẹ ti dà nínú mi ― The food has digested in my stomach

• da before a direct object

• ìdà (“digestion”)

dà

1. (intransitive) to be acceptable (especially pertaining to a religious sacrifice), to be acceptable to the orisha

   Synonym: yàn

   ẹbọ dà ― The sacrifice is acceptable to the orisha

• da before a direct object

• ìdà

Cognate with Igala dà

dà

1. to change and become something else, to turn into

   bí oore bá pọ̀ lápọ̀jù, ibi níí dà ― If too much kindness is shown, it can turn into evil

   Mo da ọmọ ọdún mẹ́tàlélógún níjẹta ― I turned 23 two days ago

• da before a direct object

• ìdà
• dà bí

dà

1. where is

   Synonyms: (Oǹdó) kẹ̀, (Ìkálẹ̀) han

   Ayọ̀ dà? ― Where is Ayo?

• Also regarded as an interrogative verb not permitting the high tone after its definite subject.

dà

1. (transitive) to betray

   Synonym: dalẹ̀

   Má bá wọn ṣọ̀rẹ́ o, wọ́n dà mí ― Don't befriend them, they betrayed me

• Collocates with ilẹ̀
• da before a direct object

• ọ̀dàlẹ̀ (“traitor”)
• ìdà (“treason, betrayal”)
• dalẹ̀ (“to commit treason”)

dá

1. to place or go across

• collocates with ẹ̀bú as an object

• ìdá
• dẹ́bùú

dá

1. (transitive) to create, to make, to initiate, to establish

   ọmọdé gbọ́n, àgbà gbọ́n, l'a fi dá Ilé-Ifẹ̀ ― The child is wise, the elder is wise, is the idea that was the basis for the establishing of Ile-Ife

   Èmi ni mo dá ọ̀rọ̀ yìí sílẹ̀ ― I was the one who initiated this conversation

2. to exercise power or authority

dá

1. (intransitive) to cease, to stop

   Òjò ò tíì dá síbẹ̀ ― The rain hasn't stopped yet

• ìdá
• ọ̀dá (“scarcity, famine”)
• ọ̀dá òjò (“drought”)

dá

1. (intransitive, with ara) to become healthy, to be devoid of illness (in reference to the body)

   Ara mi dá ṣáṣá ― I'm healthy (literally, “My body is healthy”)

• ìdá
• dára
• wòdá

dá

1. to make a contribution to
2. (with sí) to intervene; to contribute (to a conversation)

   Tí àwọn ọmọdé bá ṣerépá, ìyá wọn á máa dá sí i ― If the kids start engaging in horseplay, their mum will intervene

   Wọn ò tiẹ̀ fẹ́ dá sí mi ― They don't even want to talk to me

   Ẹ máa dá ọgbọ́n yín sí i ― Do contribute with your wisdom

3. to add to
4. to give, bestow

   Wọ́n dá mi lọ́lá gidi gan-an ― They really honoured me

dá

1. (transitive) to engage in divination, to divine

   wọ́n dá Ifá ― They performed Ifa divination

dá

1. to act alone

   o ti tó dá ṣiṣẹ́ ― You are old enough to act alone

• Must be used with a full verb

• ìdá
• dásan

dá

1. (transitive) to overcome, to overpower, to throw down
2. (idiomatic) to fall down

   Synonym: ṣubú

   igi dá ― The tree fell

• ìdá
• dásan
• àdápa

dá

1. (transitive) to hit

   Synonym: gbá

2. (idiomatic) to contract an illness, to be infected with a disease (literally, to be "hit" with a disease)

   Synonym: kóràn

   sòbìà dá mi ― I have contracted guinea worm disease

3. to inflict something on someone

• First definition is usually used with ní igi ("with a stick")

• ìdá
• dánígi
• panígi

dá

1. (intransitive) to become sharp, vocal, or fully awake

   ẹnu rẹ̀ dá ― He has a sharp tongue

2. (with ojú) to be sure; to be certain

   Synonym: dájú

   Ó dá mi lójú ― I am certain

• Used usually with ẹnu (“mouth”) or ojú (“eyes”)

dá

1. (transitive, intransitive) to snap, to break, to cut (into two)

   Synonyms: já, ṣẹ́, fọ́

   mo dá igi ― I cut the wood into two

2. to scoop out

• bù (“to scoop out”)

• IPA^(key): /da/

da

1. and (after words ending in a consonant)

   Sabit da Arbaha ra - Saturday and Wednesday

Zaghawa conjunctions come after all words they group. Thus, Adam and Eve is 'adoum ra hawa ra', not *adoum ra hawa, as the literal English translation would be.

ra

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ta˨˦/
• Tone numbers: da¹
• Hyphenation: da

From Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (“eye”).^[1]

In Northern Tai, cognate with Bouyei dal.

In Zuojiang Zhuang, cognate with ha (Longzhou and Daxin dialects)^[2] or ta as in makta etc. (Ningming and Chongzuo dialects).^[2]

In Central Tai, cognate with Nong Zhuang ta.^[2]

In Southwesten Tai, cognate with Thai ตา (dtaa), Northern Thai ᨲᩣ, Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Tai Dam ꪔꪱ, Shan တႃ (tǎa), Aiton တႃ (tā), Ahom 𑜄𑜠 (ta) or 𑜄𑜡 (tā).

Possibly cognate with Proto-Austronesian *maCa (“eye”).^[3]

Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui ndal, Southern Kam dal, Hlai [ʈʂʰaː¹] and Lingao [ɗa¹].

Compare Old Chinese 睹 (OC *taːʔ, “to see”).

da (Sawndip forms 𥅂[4] or 𭾚[4] or 𰥗[4] or 𰥎[4] or 𠯈[4] or 他[4] or 哆[4] or 打[4], 1957–1982 spelling da)

1. eye
2. judgment; eye
3. joint; knot; node (in a stem or branch of a plant)

da (1957–1982 spelling da)

1. section of (a stem, demarcated by nodes in the stem)

From Proto-Tai *taːᴬ (“maternal grandfather”).^[5]

In Northern Tai, cognate with Bouyei dal.

In Zuojiang Zhuang, cognate with Zuojiang Zhuang da as in gungqda (Longzhou, Ningming and Chongzuo dialects)^[6] or dah as in gungzdah (Daxin dialect).^[6]

In Central Tai, cognate with Nong Zhuang daq (Guangnan dialect).^[6]

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Thai ตา (dtaa), Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Shan တႃ (tǎa).

Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔt₁aʔ (“male elder”)^[7] (Old Khmer អ្តា, Khmer តា (taa)).

da (Sawndip forms 𭖯[4] or 㐲[4] or 𰁫[4] or ⿰老他[4] or ⿰口夛[4] or 他[4] or 她[4] or 大[4], 1957–1982 spelling da)

1. maternal grandfather

   Synonym: goengda

2. father-in-law