# da-
## Translingual
### Prefix

da-
* (SI prefix, metrology) deca- (“×10$^1$”); Alternative form of dk- (“deka-”)
    Synonyms: D-, Da-, DA-, dk-, Dk-, DK-
    Coordinate term: d- (deci-)

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

da-
* prefix form of da, meaning there-

#### Derived terms

* dableiben
* dadurch
* dafür
* dahinter
* damals
* davor
* dazumal

## Kambera
### Pronoun

da-
* third person plural nominative proclitic

#### See also

| | Nominative | Genitive | Accusative | Dative |
| 1sg | ku- | -nggu | -ka | -ngga |
| 2sg | mu- (u-) | -mu | -kau | -nggau |
| 3sg | na- | -na | -ya | -nya |
| 1pl.incl | ta- | -nda | -ta | -nda |
| 1pl.excl | ma- | -ma | -kama | -nggama |
| 2pl | mi- (i-) | -mi | -kami (-kai) | -nggami (-nggai) |
| 3pl | da- | -da | -ha | -nja |

## Navajo
### Etymology 1
#### Prefix

da-
* (disjunct prefix of position I) Thematic prefix, referring to death.

##### See also
### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* daa-

#### Prefix

da-
* (disjunct prefix of position III) Distributive plural marker, indicating that three or more subjects, objects or events are involved individually in the action denoted by the verb. In addition to verbs, it may also pluralize postpositions.
    With subjects:
       bidziil ― he is / they two are strong
       dabidziil ― they (three or more) are strong
    With objects:
       kin áshłaa ― I built a house
       kin ádaashłaa ― I built 3+ houses
* Forms the distributive plural of nouns and pronouns equivalent to "many"
       daadził ― many mountains
       daakǫʼ ― many fires

##### Usage notes

* When applied directly before a nominal or verbal stem, it takes the form daa-.
* Before the vowels /i/ and /ii/, this prefix takes the form de-.
* This prefix marks the boundary between disjunct (outer) and conjunct (inner) prefixes.

#### See also

* -ké (pluralizing enclitic)

## Ojibwe
### Alternative forms

* gada- (Algonquin)

### Etymology

In Algonquin, this preverb has the form gada- when there is no prefix (gada-maajaa "he/she will leave", giga-maajaa "you will leave"). It is likely that gada- is the original form of this preverb, and the allomorphy between da- and ga- in other dialects is the result of a historical process of syncopation that deleted a metrically weak syllable. With no prefix, the syllable ga was weak and consequently was deleted (*gadá-maajaa > da-maajaa), but when a prefix was added, ga was in a strong position, and so da was deleted instead (*ningáda-maajaa > ninga-maajaa). The form ji- similarly appears as giji- in Algonquin. The initial change form ge- would be from *geda-, where the first syllable would have been strong because it contained a long vowel.

### Preverb

da- (plain conjunct ji- or da-, changed conjunct ge-)
* future tense marker
** wiisiniwag — they eat
** da-wiisiniwag — they will eat
** ninga-wiisin — I will eat
* (some speakers) form of daa- used in the conjunct order

#### Usage notes

* With a personal prefix, the form ga- is used.
** For some speakers, the second-person form giga- contracts to ga-.
* For some speakers, ga- and ge- become gad- and ged- before a vowel.

#### See also

* wii-
* gii-
* daa-

### References

* The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/da-pv-tns
* Jerry Randolph Valentine (1994 August) Ojibwe Dialect Relationships‎, Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin, →OCLC, pages 162-163

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /da/

### Prefix

da- (class B & C infixed pronoun)
* her (object pronoun)
* them

#### See also

$^L$ means this form triggers lenition. $^N$ means this form triggers nasalization (eclipsis) $^{(N)}$ means this form triggers nasalization in some texts but not in others.

## Tsuut'ina
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta/

### Prefix

da-
* question marker
    Danit'ada?How are you?

### References

* "Tsuut'ina Linguistics (Video)." YouTube, uploaded by AlbertaUArts, 30 May 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HICb45tGf-A

## West Makian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d̪a/

#### Pronoun

da-
* (inanimate) third-person singular possessive prefix, its
    da pala do bungbangi ― the house's floor
* indicates definiteness
    do gupa ma feberesi ― all of those coconuts
    Da mai magol. ― The stone is large.
* joins stative verbs attributively
    mai da magol ― a large stone
    win da safo ― a hot day
    afi da rata ― level ground

##### Usage notes

The possessive prefix da- is subject to West Makian vowel harmony, and as such may surface as de-, di-, or do-.

##### Alternative forms

* de-, di-, do-

#### See also

V indicates the expected assimilated vowel of the following noun, following standard West Makian vowel harmony.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d̪a/

#### Pronoun

da-
* third-person plural clitic, they
    doco ― they see
* (polite) third-person singular clitic, he, she
    da lagei deiteng ― the old man said

##### Usage notes

The prefix da- follows West Makian vowel harmony, and as such may surface as de-, di-, or do-.

##### Alternative forms

* de-, di-, do-

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics