badala

See also: badała

Galician

Verb

badala

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -alɐ

Verb

badala

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

Sidamo

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).[1]

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 class IX (plural badala class X)

  1. substitute, replacement
  2. representation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 25 Nr. 176