vada

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See also: váda, vadā, vadă, vådă, vāda, vaða, and вада

English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Hindi वड़ा (vaṛā).

Noun[edit]

vada (plural vadas)

  1. A type of savoury doughnut eaten as a snack in south Asia.
    • 2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic, published 2009, page 204:
      I bought a tea and a potato vada, and sat under a banyan tree to eat.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Sabir vada, ultimately from Italian vedere (to see)[1]

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Verb[edit]

vada (third-person singular simple present vadas, present participle vadaing, simple past and past participle vada'd)

  1. (Polari) To look (at), to see
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  1. ^ Alan D. Corré (2005), “Polari Words from Lingua Franca”, in A Glossary of Lingua Franca[1], 5th Edition edition

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Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

vada f (plural vadas)

  1. strike (work stoppage)

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Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vada. Analyzable as deverbal from vadit.

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Noun[edit]

vada f

  1. defect
    vada řečispeech impediment
    vrozená vadabirth defect

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Further reading[edit]

  • vada in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • vada in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • vada in Internetová jazyková příručka

French[edit]

Verb[edit]

vada

  1. third-person singular past historic of vader

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.da/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Hyphenation: và‧da

Verb[edit]

vada

  1. inflection of andare:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

vadā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of vadō

Noun[edit]

vada

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of vadum

References[edit]

  • vada in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • vada”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian[edit]

Noun[edit]

vada m

  1. genitive singular of vads

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse vaða, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną.

Verb[edit]

vada (present tense vader, past tense vadde, past participle vadt/vadd, passive infinitive vadast, present participle vadande, imperative vad)

  1. (intransitive) to wade
    • Om Erik vil koma seg til strendom, må han uansett vada yver åi.
      If Erik want to come to the beaches, he must anyway wade over the creek.
  2. (intransitive, chiefly about fish) swim at the surface
Usage notes[edit]
  • Prior to 1938, vada was considered a class 6 strong verb – at which point it was superseeded by a weak inflection short form va. Was reintroduced to the official spelling by the 1959 spelling reform.
  • This is a split infinitive verb.

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

vada n

  1. definite plural of vad
  2. definite plural of vad

References[edit]

  • “vada” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “vada”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

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Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

vada

  1. second-person singular imperative active of vadati (to say)

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish vaþa, from Old Norse vaða, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ-.

Verb[edit]

vada (present vadar, preterite vadade, supine vadat, imperative vada)

  1. to wade; to walk through (deep) water
  2. (figuratively) to walk through anything which hampers one's progress

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