dada

See also: Dada, dáda, dadà, ɗada, da da, and dàdà

English

Etymology 1

Noun

dada (plural dadas)

1. (childish) Father, dad.

Etymology 2

Noun

dada (uncountable)

1. (informal, Southeast Asia) Illegal drugs.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with Dada.

Anagrams

• Adad, adda, daad

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Acehnese

Noun

dada

1. (anatomy) breast

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Caló

Alternative forms

• dadá

Noun

dada m

1. (endearing) father

   Synonyms: batico, bato

References

• “dada” in Flamenco - Caló, El Flamenco.
• “dada” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin data (“the date of a document”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈda.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈda.ða]

Noun

dada f (plural dades)

1. datum

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دادا (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”), from Persian دادا (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”). Compare Turkish dadı and Serbo-Croatian dàdilja.

Noun

dada

1. (Northern) older sister

   Synonyms: apte, abla, tata

Declension

Declension of dada

nominative	dada
genitive	dadanıñ
dative	dadağa
accusative	dadanı
locative	dadada
ablative	dadadan

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Dupaningan Agta

Noun

dada

1. aunt

   Synonym: manay

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑdɑ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -dɑ

Adverb

dada

1. (childish) away

   Oma gaat dada. ― Granny is going away now.

Adjective

dada (invariable, comparative meer dada, superlative meest dada)

1. Related to the dada art movement.
2. bizarre, irrational, like dada art

Interjection

dada

1. (childish) bye-bye

   Zeg dada aan oma. ― Say bye-bye to granny.

Noun

dada n (uncountable)

1. dada, the cultural movement

Anagrams

• daad

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.da/

Noun

dada m (plural dadas)

1. (childish) horse
2. hobby horse

Further reading

• “dada”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɒdɒ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: da‧da

Noun

dada (plural dadák)

1. nurse

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	dada	dadák
accusative	dadát	dadákat
dative	dadának	dadáknak
instrumental	dadával	dadákkal
causal-final	dadáért	dadákért
translative	dadává	dadákká
terminative	dadáig	dadákig
essive-formal	dadaként	dadákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	dadában	dadákban
superessive	dadán	dadákon
adessive	dadánál	dadáknál
illative	dadába	dadákba
sublative	dadára	dadákra
allative	dadához	dadákhoz
elative	dadából	dadákból
delative	dadáról	dadákról
ablative	dadától	dadáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	dadáé	dadáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	dadáéi	dadákéi

Possessive forms of dada
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	dadám	dadáim
2nd person sing.	dadád	dadáid
3rd person sing.	dadája	dadái
1st person plural	dadánk	dadáink
2nd person plural	dadátok	dadáitok
3rd person plural	dadájuk	dadáik

Related terms

• dadus

 

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Irish

Alternative forms

• dadadh, dadaí, dadaidh, dadamh
• dadaṁ (superseded)
• tada (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Modification of adamh (“atom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠad̪ˠə/

Pronoun

dada

1. iota, jot, whit, tittle
2. anything (in a question or negative statement), nothing

   Níl dada ann. ― There's nothing there.

   Ní fheicim dada. ― I can't see anything.

Derived terms

• dada beo

 

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dada”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dadom”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dadaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 219
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “dadaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dada”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dada”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Italian

Noun

dada m (uncountable)

1. (art) Dada

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian *daSdaS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.de/
• IPA^(key): /da.da/
• Rhymes: -adə, -də, -ə

Noun

dada (Jawi spelling دادا, plural dada-dada, informal 1st possessive dadaku, 2nd possessive dadamu, 3rd possessive dadanya)

1. chest

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berdada [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• berdada-dadaan [reduplication + stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (redup + beR- + -an)
• mendada [agent focus] (meN-)
• dadaan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• buah dada

Descendants

• Indonesian: dada

See also

• payudara (“breast”)

Further reading

• “dada” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• "dada" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

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Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdada/

Etymology 1

Compare Hebrew דַּד (daḏ, “teat”), Aramaic דַּדָּא (daddā, “teat”). Either a Punic substrate or a dialectal formation parallel to the Hebrew and Aramaic; for the formation compare Hebrew זִיז (zīz, “abundance, teat, protuberance”), Akkadian 𒍣𒍣𒂊 (/⁠zīzu⁠/, “teat”), Aramaic בִּיזָא / ܒܷܙܐ (bizzā, “teat”), בּוּזָא (buzzā, “teat”), Ugaritic 𐎁𐎑 (bẓ, “teat”), Arabic بِزّ (bizz, “teat”).

Noun

1. chest; breast

Etymology 2

From Italian dado or Sicilian dadu, with gender change.

Noun

1. die (singular form of dice)

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Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dada/

Etymology 1

From Hindi दादा (dādā)

Noun

dada

1. paternal grandfather

   Hypernym: granper

Etymology 2

From Marathi दादा (dādā)

Noun

dada

1. older brother

   Hypernym: frer

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀤𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• दद (Devanagari script)
• দদ (Bengali script)
• දද (Sinhalese script)
• ဒဒ or ၻၻ (Burmese script)
• ทท or ทะทะ (Thai script)
• ᨴᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ທທ or ທະທະ (Lao script)
• ទទ (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄘 (Chakma script)

Verb

dada

1. first/third-person singular imperfect active of dadāti (“to give”)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.dɐ/

Pronoun

dada

1. feminine singular of dado

Adjective

dada f sg

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective dado.

Verb

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Etymology

Feminine of dado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdada/ [ˈd̪a.ð̞a]

Verb

dada f sg

1. Template:es-verb form of/participle dar.

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Swahili

Noun

dada (n class, plural dada)

1. sister

   Coordinate term: kaka

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Tumbuka

Noun

dada class 1a (plural ŵadada class 2)

1. father, dad

Coordinate terms

• mama

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Xhosa

Etymology

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

Verb

-dada

1. to swim

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Yoruba

Noun

dada

1. curly hair