badala

See also: badała

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -alɐ

Verb

badala

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

Sidamo

Badala.

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).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Adjective

-badala (declinable)

1. alternative

Inflection

Inflected forms of -badala

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mbadala	wabadala
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 (n class, plural badala)

1. substitute, replacement
2. representation

Derived terms

• kibadala

Related terms

• badili
• badala ya