dadi
See also: Daði, dådi, dàdǐ, dǎdí, dǎdī, dàdí, dàdì, and ðadi
Anguthimri
Adjective
dadi
- (Mpakwithi) fast
References
- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 185
Ewe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da di/
Noun
dadi (plural dadiwo)
- cat[1]
References
- Fiagã, Kwasi (1976). Grammaire eʋe: Eʋegbe ŋutinunya. Lomé: Institut national de la recherche scientifique, p. 101.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈda.di/
- Rhymes: -adi
- Hyphenation: dà‧di
Noun
dadi m
- plural of dado
Anagrams
- addi', addì
Japanese
Romanization
dadi
- Rōmaji transcription of ダディ
Javanese
Alternative forms
- Carakan: ꦢꦢꦶ
Etymology
From Old Javanese dadi.
Adjective
dadi (ngoko dadi, krama dados)
- ready
- finished
Adverb
dadi (ngoko dadi, krama dados)
- so, therefore
Verb
dadi (ngoko dadi, krama dados)
- to become
- to assume the role of
References
- “[ dadi]” in Bausastra Jawa, Yogyakarta: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Yogyakarta].
Maltese
Noun
dadi
- plural of dada
Maquiritari
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [daɾ̠i]
Noun
dadi
- the genip tree, Genipa americana or Genipa spruceana
- Synonym: tununu
- a transparent sticky oil or resin extracted from the genip tree, used as a black bodypaint when mixed with soot from the cassava grills (jütadi)
- Synonym: tununu
Usage notes
See the notes at tununu.
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “dadi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- de Civrieux, Marc (1980), “caruto (tununu)”, in , David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
- Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 40
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From Hindi दादी (dādī).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dadi/
Noun
dadi
- paternal grandmother
- Synonym: granmer
Old Javanese
Verb
dadi
- to become
- to be born
Ternate
Etymology
From Javanese ꦢꦢꦶ (dadi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈda.di/
Verb
dadi (Jawi دادي)
- (intransitive) to happen, occur, come about
- (transitive) to become
- odadi kolano ― he becomes the king
- (auxiliary) to be possible; to be able to, to be capable of
- una otagi dadi ua ― he cannot go
- una hoi ngara, odadi ua ― he cannot open the door
- mina mogolaha meja ge dadi ― she can make that table
- modadi ― she can
Usage notes
This auxiliary generally follows the main verb, thought it may rarely precede. It may take the subject clitics (o, mo, etc.) only either for emphasis or when dadi is used as the sole verb in a sentence.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of dadi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | todadi | fodadi | midadi | |
| 2nd | nodadi | nidadi | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | odadi | idadi, yodadi† | |
| Feminine | modadi | |||
| Neuter | idadi | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
Adverb
dadi (Jawi دادي)
- therefore, thus
- dadi, ngofa ge opoha ri ua ― therefore, the child could not endure it any longer
References
- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
West Makian
Etymology
Likely from Ternate dadi (“to become”), from Javanese ꦢꦢꦶ (dadi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd̪a.d̪i/
Verb
dadi
- (transitive) to become
- nidadi puni ― you became an evil spirit
- madadi sangaji ― he became a sangaji
Usage notes
The verb dadi ("to become") takes the same verbal prefixes that stative verbs do.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of dadi (stative verb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tidadi | midadi | adadi | |
| 2nd person | nidadi | fidadi | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | idadi | didadi | |
| animate | madadi | |||
| imperative | —, dadi | —, dadi | ||
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics