adi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "adi"

Languages (32)

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Translingual

Symbol

adi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Adi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Adi terms

Akan

Verb

adi

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Akkadian

Etymology

Compare Hebrew עַד (ʿad̠, “until”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.di/

Preposition

adi (from Old Akkadian on)

1. (place) up to, as far as
2. (time) until, within
3. (with numbers with the suffix -īšu) times, -fold

Usage notes

It does not take pronominal suffixes.

Alternative forms

• adum (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian)
• adu, ad (Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒂗 (EN) (with numbers) 𒀀𒁺 (A.RA₂)	𒀀𒁲 (a-di)

Ambonese Malay

Noun

adi

1. younger sibling

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic عَاد (ʕād)

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic عَادِيّ (ʕādiyy)bor.

Azerbaijani adi

Borrowed from Arabic عَادِيّ (ʕādiyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈdi/

• Audio (Baku):

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• Audio:

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Adjective

adi (comparative daha adi, superlative ən adi)

1. usual, regular, normal, ordinary

   O adi bir insan deyildi. ― S/he was not an ordinary person.

2. simple

   Synonym: sadə

Derived terms

• qeyri-adi (“unusual”)

Related terms

• adət (“custom”)
• adətən (“usually”)

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adi/
• Hyphenation: a‧di

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

Noun

adi (Balinese script ᬳᬤᬶ)

1. sibling (younger person who shares same parents)

   Adine magae di Denpasar. ― His/her younger sibling works in Denpasar.

2. a younger person to whom one has a close relation

Etymology 2

From Old Javanese ādi, adi, from Sanskrit अधि (adhi).

Noun

adi (Balinese script ᬅᬥᬶ)

1. main, principal
2. chief, superior, boss

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit आदि (ādi, “beginning”).

Noun

adi (Balinese script ᬆᬤᬶ)

1. first

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Suaji”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• “adi”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Basque

Etymology

Short form of the verb aditu (“to hear”), itself from Latin audītum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adi/ [a.ð̞i]
• Rhymes: -adi, -i
• Hyphenation: a‧di

Adverb

adi (comparative adiago, superlative adien, excessive adiegi)

1. attentively, alertly

   Synonym: erne

Derived terms

• adi egon (“to be alert”)

Noun

adi inan

1. attention

   Synonym: arreta

Declension

Declension of adi (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	adi	adia	adiak	adiok
ergative	adik	adiak	adiek	adiok
dative	adiri	adiari	adiei	adioi
genitive	adiren	adiaren	adien	adion
comitative	adirekin	adiarekin	adiekin	adiokin
causative	adirengatik	adiarengatik	adiengatik	adiongatik
benefactive	adirentzat	adiarentzat	adientzat	adiontzat
instrumental	adiz	adiaz	adiez	adiotaz
inessive	aditan	adian	adietan	adiotan
locative	aditako	adiko	adietako	adiotako
allative	aditara	adira	adietara	adiotara
terminative	aditaraino	adiraino	adietaraino	adiotaraino
directive	aditarantz	adirantz	adietarantz	adiotarantz
destinative	aditarako	adirako	adietarako	adiotarako
ablative	aditatik	aditik	adietatik	adiotatik
partitive	adirik	—	—	—
prolative	aditzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• adia galdu (“to get distracted”)
• adian (“attentively”)
• adibide (“example”)
• adietan eman (“to announce”)
• adigabe (“absent-minded”)
• adigabetu (“to get distracted”)
• adigai (“concept”)
• adigalkor (“absent-minded”)
• adikor (“attentive”)

Verb

adi

1. short form of aditu (“to hear”)

Further reading

• “adi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “adi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Beja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈadi/

Noun

ádi m (plural ádi)

1. skin

Declension

Declension of adi (masculine weak)

singular	indefinite		definite
	isolated	construct	isolated	construct
nominative	adi	adeeyuu-	w'adi	w'adeeyuu-
accusative	adeeb	adeeyoo-	w'adi	w'adeeyoo-
genitive	adeeyi	adeeyii-	w'adeeyi	w'adeeyii-
plural	indefinite		definite
	isolated	construct	isolated	construct
nominative	adi	adeeyaa-	y'adi	y'adeeyaa-
accusative	adeeb	adeeyee-	y'adi	y'adeeyee-
genitive	adeeyi	adeeyee-	y'adeeyi	y'adeeyee-

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate to Malay adik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adi/
• Hyphenation: a‧di

Noun

adi

1. Younger sibling.

Cuyunon

Etymology

Compare Tagalog hari.

Noun

adi

1. king

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

adi

1. younger sibling

Fijian

Noun

adi

1. alternative letter-case form of Adi

Gun

Alternative forms

• aɖí (Benin)

Etymology

Cognate with Fon aɖǐ (“soap, poison”), Saxwe Gbe aɖí (“soap”) and Aja (West Africa) aɖyi (“soap, poison”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɖí/

• Audio (Nigeria):

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Noun

adí (plural adí lẹ́) (Nigeria)

1. soap

   N jló ná yì họ̀ adí ― I want to go buy soap

2. poison

   Odàn lọ́ dó adí táún ― The snake is very poisonous

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *adi-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

Noun

adi

1. sibling (younger person who shares same parents)

References

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[2], Canberra: The Australian National University
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Suaji”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈadi/ [ˈa.di]
• Rhymes: -adi
• Syllabification: a‧di

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tontemboan [Term?].

Noun

adi (plural adi-adi)

1. floor coverings or mats made of cloth (such as mats)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Berau Malay [Term?].

Verb

adi

1. to hold back the pain while groaning

Further reading

• “adi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

adi

1. romanization of ꦲꦢꦶ

Kankanaey

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hədiq. Compare Tagalog hindi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdi/ [ʔʌˈdi̞]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: a‧di

Adverb

adí

1. no, not

Usage notes

• This is used to deny a state or action was done. To negate a situation, baken is used.

Particle

adí

1. really, truly, then (particle to add emphasis)

See also

Kankanaey particles

• repetition: loman · manen · kasin · abe
• surprise: baw / kambaw · gayam · aya
• emphasis: a · -et · adi · dedan · mon · ay
• certainty: od · ket · ngalod · kadi · yan
• uncertainty: ngata · samet · ngin · kano
• specification: to · -en · pay · anggoy · laeng · koma
• objection: etay · met · et abe · etet · damdama
• concession: kayman · od baw · iman
• explanation: gamin · tomet · gayam · ngay · ya
• request: kod · kay · man · paabe

References

• Janet L. Allen (2014), Kankanaey: A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis‎^[3] (overall work in English), →ISBN, pages 153-155
• Janet L. Allen (1978), “adí”, in “Kankanaey adjuncts”, in Studies in Philippine Linguistics‎^[4], volume 2, number 1, →ISSN, page 88 of 82-102
• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “adí”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[5], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 7

Kavalan

Adverb

adi

1. maybe; perhaps

Kistane

Pronoun

adi

1. alternative form of ädi

References

• Ethiopians Speak: Soddo (1965)

Latin

Verb

adī

1. second-person singular active imperative of adeō

Latvian

Verb

adi

1. second-person singular present indicative/imperative of adīt

Makasar

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈadi/, [ˈʔa.di]
• Hyphenation: a‧di

Noun

adi (Lontara spelling ᨕᨉᨗ or 𑻱𑻧𑻳, definite adia)

1. a specific type of traditional song

Derived terms

compounds

• adi bodo
• adi laʼbu

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Malay

Alternative forms

• adik, dik, ading, adinda, dinda, ari
• اديق, ديق, ادي, اديڠ, اديندا, ديندا, اري (Arabic script)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *adi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *adi, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wadi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adi/
• Rhymes: -adi

Noun

adi (Jawi spelling ادي, plural adi-adi)

1. alternative form of adik (esp. in Brunei)

Etymology 2

From Classical Malay ادي (adi), from Javanese ꦲꦢꦶ (adi), from Old Javanese adi, adhi, ādi (“beginning; first, principal; excellent”), from Sanskrit आदि, अधि (ādi, adhi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adi/
• Hyphenation: adi

Adjective

adi (comparative lebih adi, superlative paling adi)

1. great, most, foremost
2. (chemistry) noble, related to inert elements of group 18 in the periodic table

See also

• adi-

References

• Edi Sedyawati; Ellya Iswati; Kusparyati Boedhijono; Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994), Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, page 207

Further reading

• "adi" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "adi" at PRPM first version)

Matal

Noun

adi

1. face

Mezquital Otomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /àði/

Verb

adi (transitive)

1. ask
2. request
3. need
4. demand

References

• Hernández Cruz, Luis; Victoria Torquemada, Moisés (2010), Diccionario del hñähñu (otomí) del Valle del Mezquital, estado de Hidalgo (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 45)‎^[6] (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3

Muher

Alternative forms

• ädi (also Adi dialect)

Pronoun

adi

1. (Adi dialect) I

Synonyms

• əni / anä / äna (Ana dialect)

References

• Robert Hetzron, The Gunnän-Gurage Languages (1977), page 5 (ädi, adi vs anä)
• Sharon Rose, Velar Lenition in Muher Gurage (2000), in Lingua Posnaniensis 42 (adi vs əni)

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• adib, idib

Verb

adi

1. second-person plural present indicative of is
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 21^c17

     Hóre adi ellachti i corp Crist, rob·bia-si ind indocbál do·ratad do suidiu.

     Since ye are united into Christ's body, ye shall have the glory which has been given to him.

Usage notes

• Thurneysen considers this form, which occurs only in the passage quoted above, to be a scribal error for adib, but since the -b in that form is taken over from the 2nd person plural pronoun and is not an original verb ending, it is also quite possible that this is a genuine archaic form.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

adi

1. inflection of suide:
   1. masculine/neuter genitive singular unstressed
   2. masculine/feminine/neuter nominative/accusative plural unstressed
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 22^a4

     In loc diambu thabarthi ermitiu féid ⁊ imbu choïr frecur céil Dǽ, at·léntais-⟨s⟩om adi ⁊ do·gnítis cech ndochrud and.

     The place to which reverence should have been given and in which the worship of God was fitting, these used to pollute it and do everything unseemly there.

Scots

Noun

adi (plural adis)

1. Northern Scots form of adae

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adi/, [a̠di], [ɑ̟di]

Etymology 1

Probably from Ewe aɖí (“abscess”).

Noun

adi

1. corn, clavus (painful hardened area of skin on the feet)

Etymology 2

Probably from Ewe and Fon aɖí (“native soap”), Gen àɖǐ (“lye”).

Noun

adi

1. (obsolete) ash of dried banana leaves, used to make lye

Derived terms

• adiwatra (“lye”)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.di]

Verb

adi

1. (intransitive) to change

Conjugation

Conjugation of adi

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toadi	foadi	miadi
2nd person		noadi	niadi
3rd person	masculine	oadi	iadi yoadi (archaic)
	feminine	moadi
	neuter	iadi

Adverb

adi

1. again

   Ngori tokodiho adi ― I came back again

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Alternative forms

• âdi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic عَاد (ʕād)

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic عَادِيّ (ʕādiyy)

Ottoman Turkish عادی (adi)

Turkish adi

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عادی (adi), from Arabic عَادِيّ (ʕādiyy, “normal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈdiː/

Adjective

adi

1. inferior
2. vulgar, ordinary

Weyewa

Verb

adi

1. (Loli) to form rice in the shape of a mountain for traditional ceremonies

References

• Lobu Ori, S,Pd, M.Pd (2010), “adi”, in Kamus Bahasa Lolina [Dictionary of the Loli Language] (in Indonesian), Waikabubak: Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Barat