tandad

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English standard.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtandad/

Adjective

tandad

  1. standard
    • 2014 May 28, Larry Chang, Biesik Jumiekan: Introduction to Jamaican Language, Gnosophia Publishers, →ISBN, page 63:
      Sens lietli, di Jumiekan LangwijYuunit op a Yunivoersiti a di Wes Indiz tek di Cassidy sistim fi divelopi, kandok pailat prajek ina skuul, ah inchajuusi tu di poblikaz di tandad atagrafi.
      Latterly, the Jamaican Language Unit at the University of the West Indies took the Cassidy system to develop it, conduct pilot projects in schools, and introduce it to the public as standard orthography.

Swedish

Etymology

tand (“tooth”) +‎ -ad (“-ed”)

Adjective

tandad (not comparable)

  1. toothed (having teeth, usually of knives, leaves, wheels, and the like)
    en sabeltandad tiger
    a sabre-toothed tiger
    1. notched
    2. serrated

Declension

Inflection of tandad
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tandad — —
neuter singular tandat — —
plural tandade — —
masculine plural2 tandade — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tandade — —
all tandade — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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