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

en tandad murslev (a notched trowel)

en tandad kniv (a serrated knife)

ett tandat blad (a toothed leaf)

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.

Derived terms

• sabeltandad
• sågtandad

See also

• naggad

References

• “tandad”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “tandad”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “tandad”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)