# da
## Translingual

| ㍲ | U+3372, &#13170; SQUARE DA |
| ← ㍱ [U+3371] | CJK Compatibility | ㍳ → [U+3373] |

### Etymology

* (language code): From Danish dansk.

### Symbol

da
* (metrology) deca-, indicating multiplication by 10
* (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Danish.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Danish terms

## English
### Etymology 1

From child language; compare dad and dada.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɑː/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː

#### Noun

da (plural das)
* (Ireland, Scotland, Northern England) Father.
** 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 55:Oh where is yer da son? The man said it to me and was grumpy. Is yer da here?
** 2011, Philip Reeve, Scrivener's Moon, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 48:Once the silky gent who ran a barge called the Knuckle Sandwich tried to persuade Borglum's ma and da to sell him their little dwarfish boy for twelve gold coins.

##### Synonyms

* pa, Pa
* daddy

### Etymology 2

Borrowing from Russian да (da, “yes”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɑː/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː

#### Noun

da (uncountable)
* (slang, Russian) Yes; an affirmative response.

#### Interjection

da
* (slang, Russianism) Yes.

##### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:da.

##### Antonyms

* nyet

### Etymology 3

Representing pronunciation of the in informal speech.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diː/, /dʌ/
* (unstressed) IPA: /də/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iː, -ʌ

#### Article

da
* Pronunciation spelling of the.
    Da New York Times
    Da Bears
** 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 11:"So I catch you. You stealer! Ho! Ho!" He seized the girl's wrist. "No, no, you don't run. Hey! Where is-a da cop?"
** 2012, Jeffrey Arnold, Nobody's Laughing, page 157:They are both holding onto their caps in the stiff breeze, and Zang is shouting, "Where is da main hotel going to be?"

##### Usage notes

* Commonly used to represent the pronunciation of various second-language varieties of English where the first language of the speaker does not contain the phoneme /ð/ or babies that can't produce /ð/ yet.
* In the US, especially common in representations of speakers from Chicago or New York City and African American Vernacular. Less commonly, represents a receding Midwestern accent influenced by early German and Scandinavian immigrants whose native languages lacked /ð/.

##### See also

* tha

### Etymology 4

Imitative.

#### Interjection

da
* A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.
    You know that tune that goes "da da da di-dum di-dum"?

### Anagrams

* 'ad, -ad, A.D., AD, Ad, ad, ad-, ad.

## Äiwoo
### Verb

da
* to swim, drift, float

### References

* Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Bambara
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* dá

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dáà]

#### Noun

da
* (anatomy) mouth, orifice
* door, doorway

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* dà

#### Noun

da
* plant that is source of kenaf fiber (Hibiscus cannabinus)
    Synonym: daba
* roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
    Synonym: dabilen

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
* 2003. Moussa Diaby (République du Mali, Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale), Léxique de base : Bamanankan - Français, Fondation Karanta.

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /da/ [d̪a]
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: da

### Verb

da (masculine allocutive duk, feminine allocutive dun)
* Third-person singular (hura) present indicative form of izan (“to be”).

## Bavarian
### Etymology 1

Cognate with German der.

#### Article

da m
* the

#### Article

da f
* the (dative)

#### See also

$^1$ higher, formal register

### Etymology 2

Unstressed form of dia

#### Pronoun

da
* you (dative, singular)

#### See also
## Breton
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *di, from Proto-Celtic *dū (“to”). Cognate to Welsh i (“to”).

#### Preposition

da (requires soft mutation)
* to
    An den a zo aet da Vreizh. ― The man went to Brittany.

##### Inflection

| singular | singular | plural | plural |
| 1 | din | 1 | dimp, deomp |
| 2 | dit | 2 | deoc'h |
| 3 m | dezhañ | 3 | dezho |
| 3 f | dezhi | 3 | dezho |
| imp. | deor | deor | deor |

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *towe (“your, thy”); compare Cornish dha, Welsh dy, Irish do. See te (“you”).

#### Pronoun

da (requires soft mutation)
* your sg

## Catalan
### Verb

da
* inflection of dar:
** third-person singular present/preterite indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Cebuano
### Etymology 1

Clipping of ada.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Cebuano) IPA: /dæ/
* Rhymes: -dæ

#### Interjection

da
* it's unimportant

### Etymology 2

Unknown.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Cebuano) IPA: /ˈdɑ/
* Rhymes: -dɑ

#### Interjection

da
* serves you right
* good for you

##### Synonyms

* mayra, mirisi

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

Cognate with German da; see there for more.

### Adverb

da
* (Sette Comuni) there
    bèar khimmet bor hia un bèar ghéet bor dawho comes here, and who goes there

### References

* “da” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

## Dalmatian
### Etymology

From Latin de ab. Compare Italian da.

### Preposition

da
* from
* of

## Danish
### Adverb

da
* surely
    Det kan han da ikke mene!Surely he cannot be serious!
* then, at that time

### Conjunction

da
* when (referring to finished events)
    Da jeg var ung, fandtes der ikke computere.When I was young, there were no computers.
* as, at the same time as
    Da jeg kom, gik hun.As I arrived, she left.
* because
    Da hun er mindreårig kan hun ikke idømmes fængsel.
       As she is underage, she cannot be sentenced to prison.

#### Synonyms

* (because): fordi

#### See also

* når

## Dena'ina
### Conjunction

da
* when
* if

### Adverb

da
* there

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From French de, Italian di, altered to differentiate de.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /da/

### Preposition

da
* Of, -ful (used instead of de with quantities, to emphasize the quantity rather than the thing quantified, or to indicate the unity of a shape and its material, a container and its contents, or a group and its members)
    glaso da vino ― a glass of wine, a glassful of wine
    kilogramo da viando ― a kilogram of meat
    grupo da homoj ― a group of people
    kvar metroj da ĉi tiu ŝtofo kostas naŭ frankojnfour meters of this cloth costs nine francs
    Li ligis la tri florojn en bukedon, kaj prezentis al ŝi tiun bukedon da florojHe tied the three flowers into a bouquet, and presented her with this bouquet of flowers
    Damasko [...] estos amaso da ruinaĵojDamascus will be a mass of ruins
    tuto da kondiĉoj kaj cirkonstancoj, en kiuj iu troviĝasall of the conditions and circumstances in which we find ourselves
    sistemo da sonoj por la esprimado de pensoja system of sounds for the expression of thought

#### Usage notes

Unlike most prepositions, da cannot occur after a verb. It necessarily links two nouns (or exceptionally an elliptical adverb and a noun, as in sufiĉe da akvo below).
The article la does not occur after the preposition da, and this is often mistakenly understood to mean that the quantity introduced by da must be indefinite. However, there is no such restriction, any more than there is with possessive pronouns such as mia 'my', which also do not allow the article. Because of the unity of the two nouns linked by da, only the phrase can be modified by the article, so it must precede the first noun. See the fourth and fifth examples above.
Some Esperanto dictionaries substitute *listo de and *tuto de for listo da and tuto da. This is an error, an influence of Western languages which do not have an equivalent to da.
Compare these:
* listo da kandidatoj ― a list of candidates (list of names)
* listo da kondiĉoj de la kandidatoj ― a list of conditions from the candidates
* skatolo da ĉokolado ― a box of chocolates (a boxful of chocolate)
* skatolo de ĉokolado ― a chocolates box (the box itself, made for chocolates, but now perhaps used to store paper clips)
* skatolo el ĉokolado ― a box made of chocolate
* ho, se mia kapo havus sufiĉe da akvo kaj miaj okuloj estus fonto da larmoj! ― oh, if my head had enough water, and my eyes were a spring of tears!
* fonto de akvo ― a spring of water which indicates the kind of spring rather than the quantity of tears (an eyeful). Even dry eyes could be said to be fonto de larmoj 'a source of tears'; fonto da larmoj indicates that they are tear-filled eyes.

### References

* ↑ Sergio Pokrovskij (2007) 'La artikolo', in Lingva Kritiko: Studoj kaj notoj pri la Internacia Lingvo
* ↑ 'Da' Reta vortaro

## Ewe
### Noun

da
* bow
* mother
* snake

## Fala
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese da, equivalent to de (“of”) +‎ a (feminine singular definite article).

### Contraction

da f sg (plural das, masculine du or do, masculine plural dus or dos)
* of the
** 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:A grandeda da lengua española é indiscotibli, i sei estudio, utilización defensa debin sel algo consostancial a nos, […]The greatness of the Spanish language is unquestionable, and its study, use and defense must be something consubstantial to us, […]

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Farefare
### Etymology

Compare Moore ra (“to buy”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dà/

### Verb

da (progressive da'arɩ or da'ara)
* to buy

## Galician
### Etymology

From contraction of preposition de (“of, from”) + feminine definite article a (“the”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d̪ɐː/

### Contraction

da f (masculine do, masculine plural dos, feminine plural das)
* of the; from the

## German
### Etymology

From a merger of three interrelated adverbs: 1.) Middle High German dā, dār (“there, at that place”), from Old High German thār, dār, from Proto-West Germanic *þār. 2.) Middle High German dar, dare (“thither, to that place”), from Old High German thara, dara, from an extended form of the former. 3.) Middle High German dō, duo (“then, at that time”), from Old High German thō, dō, duo, from Proto-Germanic *þō.
The three forms were already sometimes intermingled in Old and Middle High German. The eventual loss of the distinction in modern German was reinforced by phonetic mergers in various dialects. Today, the senses of adverbs 1 and 3 are covered by da, while adverb 2 has been chiefly replaced with hin, dahin. The form dar- remains as a variant of da- before vowels and in some compound verbs (like darlegen, darbringen). Adverb 1 and 2 are cognate with Dutch daar, English there, Swedish där. Adverb 3 is cognate with Dutch toen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daː/, [däː]
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Rhymes: -aː

### Adverb

da
* (local) there
    Synonym: dort
** 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 78:Am liebsten entfloh sie dem allem in den großen Garten. Da verbrachte sie ihre schönsten Stunden.She liked best to escape from all of that into the big garden. There she spent her most pleasant hours.
    Wir fahren nach Hamburg. Meine Frau hat eine Freundin, die da wohnt.We’re going to Hamburg. My wife has a friend who lives there.
* (temporal) then; so; at that moment
    Synonyms: also, dann
    Ich war gerade eingeschlafen, und da kam ein Anruf.I had just fallen asleep, and that’s when someone called.
    Er hat immer weiter auf mich eingeschrien. Da bin ich einfach gegangen.He just kept on shouting at me. So I just left.
* (colloquial) replaces any pronominal adverb when the context is clear
    Ich wollte eigentlich Linsensuppe machen, aber da (= dafür, dazu) hatte ich das Rezept nicht.
       I was actually going to make lentil soup, but I didn’t have the recipe for it.
    Wir haben jetzt ein Angebot gekriegt, aber da (= darüber) müssen wir noch diskutieren.
       We’ve now received an offer, but we’ll still need to have discussion about that.
* present, here, there (having arrived, being around in the topical location, regardless of whether this matches the speaker's position)
    Die Gäste sind noch nicht da.The guests aren’t here yet.

#### Derived terms

* ebenda
* dahinten
* dahinter

#### Related terms

* allda
* dar

### Conjunction

da
* since; as; because; given that
    Synonyms: weil, zumal
** 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 51:Und da er keinen Grund hatte, ihr seinen Namen zu verhehlen, so stellte er sich in aller Form vor.And because he had no reason to conceal his name from her, he introduced himself in all due form.
    Da die Stelle mit häufigen Auslandskontakten verbunden ist, sind gute Fremdsprachenkenntnisse unerlässlich.Since the position involves frequent international contacts, good foreign-language skills are essential.
* (literary, dated) when
    Synonyms: als, wenn, wo
** 1545, Martin Luther et al., Genesis 7:6:
    Er war aber sechshundert jar alt / da das wasser der Sindflut auff Erden kam.He was six hundred years old however, when the water of the deluge came upon Earth.
    Am Tag, da die Wahrheit offenbar wird, ist es zur Umkehr zu spät.On the day when the Truth will become manifest, it will be too late for penitence.

#### Usage notes

* In formal language, da is preferred over weil when it is in the first clause of the sentence.

### Further reading

* “da” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* Friedrich Kluge (1883) “da”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
* “da” in Duden online
* “da” in Duden online
* “da” in Duden online

## Grass Koiari
### Pronoun

da
* I

### References

* Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese dar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu da.

### Verb

da
* to give

## Gun
### Alternative forms

* ɖà (Benin)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Gbe *ɖa, cognates include Fon ɖa, Saxwe Gbe ɖà, Adja ɖà, Ewe ɖa

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɖà/

#### Verb

dà (Nigeria)
* to cook

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Gbe *ɖa, cognates include Fon ɖà, Saxwe Gbe oɖà, Adja eɖa, Ewe ɖa

#### Alternative forms

* ɖà (Benin)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɖà/

#### Noun

dà (plural dà lẹ́) (Nigeria)
* hair
    Synonym: òdà

## Hawaiian Creole
### Etymology

From English the.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /də/

### Article

da
* the
    Da odda day, I wen go his house.The other day, I went to his house.

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian da.

### Preposition

da
* by
    La genitori amesas da lia filii.The parents are loved by their children.

#### Related terms

* di (“of (indicates possession or association)”)
* de (“from, of (where an amount is indicated)”)

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈdɑ/, [ˈdɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈdɑ/, [ˈtɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑ
* Hyphenation: da

### Interjection

da
* and
** 1885, “Sprachproben: Der goldene Vogel”, in Volmari Porkka, editor, Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte:Mäni da i heittiis makkaamaa, ja makkais taas hoomuksee nasse.He went and threw himself to sleep, too, and he slept up till the morning again.(Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Ingrian language.)

#### Synonyms

* ja, i

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 565
* Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 78

## Interlingua
### Verb

da
* present of dar
* imperative of dar

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /da/
* (traditional, Tuscany) IPA: /da/$^*$
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: da

### Etymology 1

From Latin dē (“from”) + ā/ab (“of, from”). In the meaning of “at, near, by”, da probably comes from Latin unde + ad.

#### Preposition

da
* from (all senses)
    Giacomino da Verona ― Giacomino from Verona
    interviste dal libro ― interviews from the book
    traduzione dall’“Inferno” di Dante ― translation from Dante’s ‘Inferno’
    dalla terra alla luna ― from the Earth to the moon
* Used to indicate the house, place, or establishment of; at/to + -'s
    da Giovanni ― at Giovanni’s (house)
    andare dal dottore ― to go to the doctor's
* since; from
    da quando? ― since when?
* to (implying necessity)
    non c'è (niente) da fare ― there's nothing to do
    un bel libro da leggere ― a nice book to read
* like, as
    fare una vita da cani ― to live like a dog (literally, “to live like dogs”)
    correre da matti ― to run like crazy (literally, “to run like crazies”)
    trattare da amico ― to treat as a friend
* by
** Used to indicate causation.
    saccheggiato dai ladri ― looted by thieves
** Used to indicate the means by which.
    era riconosciuto dalla voce ― he was recognized by his voice
    le giudico dalle azioni ― I judge them by their actions
* enough to
    c'è tanto rumore da impazzire ― there's enough noise to make me go crazy
* Used to express a quality or characteristic of.
    una ragazza dai capelli scuri ― a dark-haired girl (literally, “girl of dark hair”)
    un edificio dalla facciata classica ― a building with a classical facade (literally, “of a classical facade”)
* Used to indicate a limitation of.
    cieco da un occhio ― blind in one eye
    zoppo da un piede ― lame on one foot
* Used to indicate a price, measure, or value of; worth
    un martello da pochi soldi ― a cheap hammer (literally, “a hammer worth little money”)
    una lampadina da 60 watt ― a 60 watt lamp (literally, “lamp of 60 watt”)
* Used to indicate a scope, purpose, or goal of; used to/for; in/with which to
    tenuta da poliziotto ― police gear (literally, “gear for a policeman”)
    copricapo da ciclista ― cyclist headgear (literally, “headgear for (a) cyclist”)
    una macchina da scrivere ― a machine used to write with
    un cavallo da corsa ― a race horse (literally, “a horse used for racing”)
* Used in some adverbial phrases.
    da per tutto/dappertutto/da ogni parte ― everywhere
    da presso/dappresso ― closely
    da lontano ― from a distance
    da solo ― by oneself

##### Usage notes

* When followed by the definite article, da produces the following combined forms:
    da + article Combined form da + il dal da + lo dallo da + l' dall' da + i dai da + gli dagli da + la dalla da + le dalle

#### See also

* dà
* di

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

da
* Misspelling of dà.

### References

* ↑ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

### Further reading

* da in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* AD, ad

## Jamaican Creole
### Pronunciation

IPA: /da/

### Determiner

da
* this here; that there
** 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3 Jan 1:1:Da leta ya a kom fram mi, di elda — tu mi speshal fren, Gaiyos. Mi fren, mi riili riili lov yu.This letter comes from the elder to Gaius, my dear friend, whom I love in the truth.
** 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 9:26:An da nyuuz de pred aal uova da ieriya de.News of what happened spread throughout that region.(literally, “And that news there spread all over that area there.”)

#### Usage notes

Da is placed before the noun. The noun must then be followed by ya (here) or de (there).

## Japanese
### Romanization

da
* The hiragana syllable だ (da) or the katakana syllable ダ (da) in Hepburn romanization.

## Jurchen
### Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic [Term?]. Cognate with Manchu ᡩᠠ (da) etc.

### Numeral

da (Jurchen script: , Image: )
* head
* root

#### Descendants

* Manchu: ᡩᠠ (da)

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese dar.

### Verb

da
* to give

## Karelian

Regional variants of da :
| North Karelian (Viena) | ta |
| South Karelian (Tver) | da |

### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɑ/
* Hyphenation: da

### Conjunction

da
* (South Karelian) and

### Interjection

da
* (South Karelian) yes

#### Synonyms

* (yes): (North Karelian) jo, kyllä

### References

* A. V. Punzhina (1994) “da”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
* Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “ta”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

## Kirikiri
### Noun

da
* water

### Further reading

Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages

## Koitabu
### Pronoun

da
* I

### References

* Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Latin dē ab.

### Preposition

da
* from
* At the house of
* to (implying necessity)

#### Derived terms

* dal
* dala
* dai
* dales

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈdaː/, [ˈd̪äː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈda/, [ˈd̪äː]

### Verb

dā
* second-person singular present active imperative of dō "give!"
    da mihi osculum.Give me a kiss.

## Lhao Vo
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dan ~ daj (“single, one, whole, only”). Cognate with Burmese တည်း (tany:, “only, sole”) and Burmese တ (ta., “one”).

### Noun

da
* one
* a unit.

### References

* Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).

## Ligurian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /da/

### Etymology 1

From Latin dē ab.

#### Preposition

da
* from
    da + article Combined form da + o da-o da + a da-a da + i da-i da + e da-e

### Etymology 2

de (“of, from”, preposition) + a (“the (fem. sing.)”, article)

#### Contraction

da (followed by a singular feminine noun)
* of the
* from the

## Limburgish
### Alternative forms

* do (Eupen)
* dao (widespread variant)
* dooe (Krefeld)

### Etymology

From a merger of three interrelated adverbs: 1.) Middle High German dā, dār (“there, at that place”), from Old High German thār, dār, from Proto-Germanic *þar. 2.) Middle High German dar, dare (“thither, to that place”), from Old High German thara, dara, from an extended form of the former. 3.) Middle High German dō, duo (“then, at that time”), from Old High German thō, dō, duo, from Proto-Germanic *þō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daː/
* Hyphenation: da
* Rhymes: -aː

### Adverb

da
* (Eupen, local) there, yonder; here
    Synonym: do
* (Eupen, temporal) then; so; at that moment
    Synonym: danne

#### Derived terms

* dabaate
* dabänne
* dabéï
* dagéëge
* dahään
* danoë
* danövve
* daraa
* daraunder
* daropp
* daruut
* darömm
* darövver
* datösche
* davva
* davöër

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /da/

### Verb

da
* second/third-person singular preterite of daś

## Mandarin
### Romanization

da (da$^5$ / da$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄉㄚ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墰
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疶
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繨 / 𫄤
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跴
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹽
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墶 / 垯
da
* Nonstandard spelling of dā.
* Nonstandard spelling of dá.
* Nonstandard spelling of dǎ.
* Nonstandard spelling of dà.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Manx
### Etymology

From Old Irish do.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛː/

### Preposition

da
* to
* for

#### Inflection
### Pronoun

da
* third-person singular masculine of da
    to him/it

#### Derived terms

* dasyn (emphatic)

## Marshallese
### Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *caa, from Proto-Oceanic *draʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

### Pronunciation

* (phonetic) IPA: [rʲɑ]
* (phonemic) IPA: /rʲæɰ/
* Bender phonemes: {dah}

### Noun

da
* blood

### References

* Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

## Mountain Koiari
### Pronoun

da
* I

### References

* Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

## Muong
### Alternative forms

* dà

### Pronoun

da
* you

## Murui Huitoto
### Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto da and Nüpode Huitoto da.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈda]
* Hyphenation: da

### Root

da
* one

#### Derived terms

* daje
* dakaño

### References

* Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 147

## Navajo
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

da
* (used with doo) not
    doo yáʼátʼééh da ― it is not good

### Conjunction

da
* including, as well as, and

## Nobonob
### Pronoun

da
* I, first-person singular pronoun

### Further reading

* Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
* Ulys Aeschliman, Nobonob Organized Phonology Data

## Norn
### Article

da
* (Shetland) Definite article, the

## North Frisian
### Article

da
* (Mooring) the (plural, full form)
    Coordinate term: (reduced) e

#### Alternative forms

* dön (Föhr-Amrum), di (Sylt)

### See also
## Northern Kurdish
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɑː

### Conjunction

da
* so
    Em dixwin da em karibin bijîn.We eat so we may live.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse þá and þó (adverb); and Old Norse þá er (when, conjunction), and German da (because, conjunction).

### Adverb

da
* then

#### Derived terms

* datid

### Conjunction

da
* when
* because

### References

* “da” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* då

### Etymology

From Old Norse þá and þó (adverb); and Old Norse þá er (“when”, conjunction), and German da (“because”, conjunction).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɑː/

### Adverb

da
* then

#### Derived terms

* datid

### Conjunction

da
* when
* because

### References

* “da” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Nùng
### Etymology

Compare Thai อย่า (yàa), Lao ຢ່າ (yā).

### Adverb

da
* do not, shall not
    Mưhng da khà cưhnYou shall not murder.

## Nyunga
### Noun

da
* mouth

### References

* 2011, Bindon, P. and Chadwick, R. (compilers and editors), A Nyoongar Wordlist: from the south-west of Western Australia, Western Australian Museum (Welshpool, WA), 2nd ed.

## Ojibwe
### Particle

da
* please, come on (clarification marker)
    da naa! — damn it!

#### Related terms

* daga

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *daijā, from Proto-Germanic *dajjǭ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɑː/

### Noun

dā f
* doe, female fallow deer

#### Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

#### Descendants

* Middle English: da, do, doo
** Scots: da, dae
** English: doe

## Old Irish
### Numeral

da
* Alternative spelling of dá

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Pite Sami
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta/

### Pronoun

da
* these, those

#### References

* Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈda/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Lasovia) IPA: /ˈda/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: da

### Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

#### Interjection

da
* (Lasovia) used to express joy

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

da
* third-person singular future indicative of dać

### Further reading

* Oskar Kolberg (1865) “da”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 261

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese da, from de (“of”) + a (“feminine definite article”).

#### Alternative forms

* d'a (dated)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɐ/
* Hyphenation: da

#### Contraction

da f sg
* Contraction of de a (“of/from the (feminine singular)”): feminine singular of do
** 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 104:Ela estava sentada no parapeito da janela do quarto [...]She was sitting on the parapet of the window of the room [...]

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:do.

#### See also

* do (masculine form)
* das (plural form)
* dos (masculine plural form)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

da
* Obsolete spelling of dá.
** 1614, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinaçam:
    [...], com que cada día nos da noticia de outras tão nouas que parece que a excedem, […][...], with which he gives us each day news of other [marvels] so new that they seem to exceed it, […]

## Romagnol
### Preposition

da
* from
* by

#### Derived terms

* da j’
* dagl’j’
* dai
* dal

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /da/
* Rhymes: -a

### Etymology 1

From a Slavic language (e.g. Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Russian; or rather a loan from a Common Slavic before the emergence of distinct modern languages), from Proto-Slavic *da.
Another less likely (and controversial) theory argues that it perhaps derived originally from the Latin ita, one of several ways to say "thus", "so" or "yes"; it further may have been influenced by the da, also meaning "yes", in the surrounding Slavic languages before reaching its present state (see Sprachbund). See also dacă, which according to this theory derives from ita quod. In some regions, ta is used repeatedly to indicate impatience with someone talking too much or aimlessly, although this is more likely onomatopoetic in origin. Nonetheless, Romanian etymological dictionaries derive da from a Slavic language, which is almost certainly the primary source.

#### Interjection

da
* yes

##### Antonyms

* nu

### Etymology 2

From Latin dare, ultimately from Proto-Italic *didō, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti, from the root *deh₃- (“give”). Compare Aromanian dau, dari, Italian dare, Spanish dar.

#### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

a da (third-person singular present dă, past participle dat) 1st conjugation
* to give
* to hit
* (music, with placeholder o) to jam
** 2019, Paraziții (lyrics and music), “Căpitane, raportez!”, in Arma secretă‎:O dau așa, ah!I jam like this, ah!
* (reflexive, with placeholder o, see usage notes) to have sex, to do, to take

##### Usage notes

In the sense of “have sex”, three constructions are possible:
* i-o dă cuiva, with a simple dative indirect object and unmistakably active in meaning;
* și-o dă cu cineva, in a dative reflexive construction and a prepositional object of person;
* și-o dă, with a dative reflexive plural pronoun reciprocal in sense.

##### Derived terms

* da peste
* dare

### References

* ↑ A Latin etymology for Romanian da = yes, by Keith Andrew Massey, 2008-06-30
* ↑ da in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* (before vowels) dad

### Etymology

From Latin dē.

### Preposition

da
* of, from
* about

## Scots
### Determiner

da
* Shetland form of the

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t̪a/, /t̪aː/

### Pronoun

da
* Alternative form of dha

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *da, probably old imperative of the word dȁti, itself from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”).

### Conjunction

da (Cyrillic spelling да)
* that
    Rekao je da će doći. ― He said that he would come.
    Rekao sam ti da nemam pojma o čemu pričaš! ― I told you that I have no idea what you are talking about!
* to, so, so that, in order to
    Došao je da mi sve ispriča. ― He came to tell me everything.
    Došao je ovdje da nađe posao. ― He came here to find work.
    Da bi se i mi mogli natjecati, moramo vježbati. ― To be able to compete, we have to practice.
* to (when the subjects of both clauses are not the same)
    On hoće da mu pokažete put do stanice.He wants you to show him the way to the station.
* (Serbia) to (when the subjects of both clauses are the same; for western Serbo-Croatian use infinitive instead of da + present tense)
* (subjunctive only, often followed by i) if, even if (= kad)
    Da sam na vašem m(j)estu, ne bih se puno zamarao takvim detaljima. ― If I were you, I wouldn't bother too much with such details.
    Da si više radio, zaradio bi više novca. ― Had you worked harder, you would have made more money.
    Da i znam ne bih ti rekao! ― Even if I knew I wouldn't tell you!
* (usually preceded by kȁo) as if, as though, like
    S(j)ećam se, kao da je bilo juče(r). ― I remember, as if it were yesterday.
    Kao da ne znaš o čemu pričam! ― As if you don't know what I'm talking about!
* (usually preceded by a) without (after negative verbs)
    Odlazi, a da nije rekao ni zbogom. ― He's leaving without even saying goodbye.
* (archaic, literary, religious) lest
    Onaj koji se bori protiv zla treba paziti da time i sam ne postane zao. ― He who fights evil need care lest he thereby become evil himself.

#### Usage notes

As a conjunction with the sense of "if", da, just like synonymous kad, is only used in subjunctive mood, to express what one wishes were the case or hypothetical situations contrary to reality in general. For all other uses, ako is used instead.

### Particle

da (Cyrillic spelling да)
* yes
    Je li tako? Da! ― Is that so? Yes!
* (Serbia) used when starting a question
    Da li ste žedni? ― Are you thirsty?
    Reci mi da li je to istina? ― Tell me if that is true?
* Used in various phrases, expressing wishes, commands etc.
    Da se nisi usudio! ― Don't you dare!
    Da Bog dao! ― God willing! (literally, “If God gives (it).”)
    Da počnemo! ― Let's begin!

#### Synonyms

* (when starting a question): je li (Croatian, Serbian)

### Verb

da (Cyrillic spelling да)
* inflection of dati:
** third-person singular present
** second/third-person singular aorist past

## Skolt Sami
### Etymology

Presumably loaned from Russian (compare with Russian да (da)) or from Proto-Slavic *da.

### Conjunction

da
* and

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *da.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dá/

### Particle

dȁ
* yes
    Synonym: (informal) jā
    Antonym: nȅ

### Further reading

* “da”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈda/ [ˈd̪a]
* Audio (Latin America):(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: da

### Verb

da
* inflection of dar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
** second-person singular voseo imperative

## Sumerian
### Romanization

da
* Romanization of 𒁕

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* da'

### Noun

da c
* Nonstandard spelling of dag.

#### Declension
### Adverb

da (not comparable)
* Eye dialect spelling of då.
    Men kom igen da...!But come on then...!

### Anagrams

* -ad, AD

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜇ (da).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /da/ [d̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: da

### Noun

da (Baybayin spelling ᜇ)
* the name of the Latin-script letter D/d, in the Abakada alphabet
    Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) di, (in the Abecedario) de

#### See also

* dara
* ra

### Further reading

* “da”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Talysh
### Etymology

Cognate with Persian ده (dah).

### Numeral

da
* ten

## Tause
### Verb

da
* go

### Further reading

* Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

## Ter Sami
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

### Conjunction

da
* and

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Tolai
### Alternative forms

* dat (when not preceding a verb)

### Pronoun

da
* First-person inclusive plural pronoun: you (many) and I, you (many) and me

#### Declension

$^{1)}$ The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

## Turkish
### Alternative forms

* de (after front vowels)

### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ده (da, de, “conj. also, and, moreover, again”), from Proto-Turkic *tākı (“conj. and”), whence daha and dahi. Cognate with Azerbaijani da (“also, as well, too”), Kazakh and Kyrgyz да (da, “also, as well, too”),

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /‿dɑ/, [‿d̪ɑ]
* Audio:(file)

### Conjunction

da
* as well, too, also
    O da sorunun yanıtını biliyor. ― He also knows the answer to the question.
    Oğuzhan da bizimle geliyor. ― Oğuzhan is coming with us as well.
    Yağız da dondurma yemeyi sever. ― Yağız likes eating ice cream, too.

#### Usage notes

* Generally forms one speech unit with the preceding word. Accordingly it complies with vowel harmony; taking the form da after back vowels a, ı, o, u, and de after front vowels e, i, ö, ü.
* In writing it should not be joined to the preceding word. Such use is occasionally seen, but is considered incorrect by the Turkish Language Association. The disjoined spelling rules out confusion with the locative suffix -da.

### References

* ↑ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 929
* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*d(i)akɨ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “de”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* "Bağlaç Olan da, de’nin Yazılışı" - at TDK Sözlük

## Uzbek
### Particle

da
* locative case marker, used to show the time or the place of an action; equivalent to English in or at
    Samarqandda yashayman.I live in Samarqand.
    Soat uchda boraman.I go at 3 o'clock.

#### Usage notes

* When used after interrogative pronouns da can take on different meanings. Pronouns such as kim (“who”), nima (“what”), qayer (“where”), necha (“how many, how much”) become kimda (“to whom”), nimada (“with what, by using what”), qayerda (“from where”), nechada (“what time”).

## Vanimo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /da/

### Noun

da
* pig

### References

* Dialogue on Dialect Standardization, edited by Carrie Dyck, Tania Granadillo, Keren Rice

## Veps
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

### Conjunction

da
* and

### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “да, и”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [zaː˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [jaː˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [jaː˧˧]
* Audio (Saigon):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *-taː. Cognate with Muong Bi ta.

#### Alternative forms

* (North Central Vietnam) đa

#### Noun

(classifier làn) da • (䏧, 𤿦, 𪤻)
* (anatomy) skin (outer covering of the body)
    da đầu ― scalp
* hide; material made of animal skin, such as leather

##### See also

* bì
* da dẻ
* da thịt
* nồi da xáo thịt

### Etymology 2

See đa. This form has been completely displaced by the mainstream đa originated from Central Vietnam.

#### Noun

(classifier cây) da
* (originally Northern Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) Obsolete form of đa (“banyan”).

## Volapük
### Preposition

da
* through
* throughout

## Votic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈdɑ/, [ˈdɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑ
* Hyphenation: da
** (rapid speech) IPA: [ˈdə̠]

### Conjunction

da
* and
* but

### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “da”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daː/
* Rhymes: -aː

### Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh da, from Proto-Brythonic *daɣ, from Proto-Celtic *dagos (“good”) (compare Irish dea-).

#### Adjective

da (feminine singular da, plural da, equative cystal, comparative gwell, superlative gorau)
* good, well

##### Alternative forms

* dâ (obsolete)

##### Derived terms

* da i ddim (“good-for-nothing”)
* da iawn (“well done”)
* da-da, pethau da (“sweets”)
* iechyd da (“cheers”)
* os gwelwch yn dda (“please”)

#### Noun

da m (plural daoedd)
* goodness
* (collective, uncountable) goods, cattle

#### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “da”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* deuaf, dof (literary)
* do (colloquial)

#### Verb

da
* first-person singular future colloquial of dod

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

## Western Sisaala
### Noun

da
* stick

### References

* Steven Paul Moran, A grammatical sketch of Isaalo (Western Sisaala) (2006)

## White Hmong
### Etymology

From Thai ดำ (dam) ("to dive") or Lao ດຳ (dam) ("to dive"), from Proto-Tai *ɗamᴬ (“to dive”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /da˧/

### Verb

da
* to submerge
* to dive into water
* to bathe

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* (high-tone): IPA: /dá/
* (mid-tone): IPA: /dā/
* (low-tone): IPA: /dà/

### Etymology 1

Cognate with Igala dà

#### Verb

dà
* to pour (down or into)
* (intransitive, nanutical) to overturn, to capsize
    ọkọ̀ ojú-omi dà ― The boat capsized
* to draw out some quantity of something all round or to put round an entity
    Synonym: bùyípo

##### Usage notes

* da before a direct object

##### Derived terms

* dà sílẹ̀ (“to spill”)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

dà
* (intransitive) to vomit, to throw up
    Synonyms: bì, pọ̀
* to secrete; to emit

##### Usage notes

* da before a direct object

##### Derived terms

* ìdà
* ẹ̀dà
* ẹ̀dìdà (Èkìtì)
* dàtọ̀
* damira

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

dà
* to throw down an object as in a ritual
* to divine with something

##### Usage notes

* da before a direct object

##### Derived terms

* ìdà

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

dà
* (transitive) to direct, guide, or lead a flock
    Fúlàní da mààlúù ― The Fulani directed a flock of cows

##### Usage notes

* da before a direct object

##### Derived terms

* ìdà
* daran (“to herd animals”)
* darandaran (“herder”)

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

dà
* (transitive) to digest
* (intransitive) to be digested
    oúnjẹ ti dà nínú mi ― The food has digested in my stomach

##### Usage notes

* da before a direct object

##### Derived terms

* ìdà (“digestion”)

### Etymology 6
#### Verb

dà
* (intransitive) to be acceptable (especially pertaining to a religious sacrifice), to be acceptable to the orisha
    Synonym: yàn
    ẹbọ dà ― The sacrifice is acceptable to the orisha

##### Usage notes

* da before a direct object

##### Derived terms

* ìdà

### Etymology 7

Cognate with Igala dà

#### Verb

dà
* to change and become something else, to turn into
    bí oore bá pọ̀ lápọ̀jù, ibi níí dà ― If too much kindness is shown, it can turn into evil
    Mo da ọmọ ọdún mẹ́tàlélógún níjẹta ― I turned 23 two days ago

##### Usage notes

* da before a direct object

##### Derived terms

* ìdà
* dà bí

### Etymology 8
#### Adverb

dà
* where is
    Synonyms: (Oǹdó) kẹ̀, (Ìkálẹ̀) han
    Ayọ̀ dà? ― Where is Ayo?

##### Usage notes

* Also regarded as an interrogative verb not permitting the high tone after its definite subject.

### Etymology 9
#### Verb

dà
* (transitive) to betray
    Synonym: dalẹ̀
    Má bá wọn ṣọ̀rẹ́ o, wọ́n dà mí ― Don't befriend them, they betrayed me

##### Usage notes

* Collocates with ilẹ̀
* da before a direct object

##### Derived terms

* ọ̀dàlẹ̀ (“traitor”)
* ìdà (“treason, betrayal”)
* dalẹ̀ (“to commit treason”)

### Etymology 10
#### Verb

dá
* to place or go across

##### Usage notes

* collocates with ẹ̀bú as an object

##### Derived terms

* ìdá
* dẹ́bùú

### Etymology 11
#### Verb

dá
* (transitive) to create, to make, to initiate, to establish
    ọmọdé gbọ́n, àgbà gbọ́n, l'a fi dá Ilé-Ifẹ̀ ― The child is wise, the elder is wise, is the idea that was the basis for the establishing of Ile-Ife
    Èmi ni mo dá ọ̀rọ̀ yìí sílẹ̀ ― I was the one who initiated this conversation
* to exercise power or authority

##### Derived terms

* aṣẹ̀dá (“creator”)
* dẹ́rù bà (“to scare”)
* dábírà (“to perform wonders”)
* dídá (“creating”)
* dójú tì (“to shame”)
* dúpẹ́ (“to give thanks”)
* Ẹlẹ́dàá (“The creator, the orisha Ori”)
* ẹ̀dá (“that which is created, creation”)
* àkọ́dá (“primoridal being”)
* ìdá (“creation”)
* ìdásílẹ̀ (“establishment, development, formation”)
* Ògúndá (“9th chapter of Odu Ifa”)

### Etymology 12
#### Verb

dá
* (intransitive) to cease, to stop
    Òjò ò tíì dá síbẹ̀ ― The rain hasn't stopped yet

##### Derived terms

* ìdá
* ọ̀dá (“scarcity, famine”)
* ọ̀dá òjò (“drought”)

### Etymology 13
#### Verb

dá
* (intransitive, with ara) to become healthy, to be devoid of illness (in reference to the body)
    Ara mi dá ṣáṣá ― I'm healthy (literally, “My body is healthy”)

##### Derived terms

* ìdá
* dára
* wòdá

### Etymology 14
#### Verb

dá
* to make a contribution to
* (with sí) to intervine; to contribute (to a conversation)
    Tí àwọn ọmọdé bá ṣerépá, ìyá wọn á máa dá sí i ― If the kids start engaging in horseplay, their mum will intervene
    Wọn ò tiẹ̀ fẹ́ dá sí mi ― They don't even want to talk to me
    Ẹ máa dá ọgbọ́n yín sí i ― Do contribute with your wisdom
* to add to
* to give
    Wọ́n dá mi lọ́lá gidi gan-an ― They really honoured me

##### Derived terms

* dájọ
* dápé
* dáṣọ
* dáwó
* pédá
* ìdá (“act of making a contribution”)

### Etymology 15
#### Verb

dá
* (transitive) to engage in divination, to divine
    wọ́n dá Ifá ― They performed Ifa divination

##### Derived terms

* adífá (“Ifa priest”)
* dáfá
* dídá
* dífá (“to engage in Ifa divination”)
* díá
* ìdá (“the act of divining”)

### Etymology 16
#### Verb

dá
* to act alone
    o ti tó dá ṣiṣẹ́ ― You are old enough to act alone

##### Usage notes

* Must be used with a full verb

##### Derived terms

* ìdá
* dásan

### Etymology 17
#### Verb

dá
* (transitive) to overcome, to overpower, to throw down
* (idiomatic) to fall down
    Synonym: ṣubú
    igi dá ― The tree fell

##### Derived terms

* ìdá
* dásan
* àdápa

### Etymology 18
#### Verb

dá
* (transitive) to hit
    Synonym: gbá
* (idiomatic) to contract an illness, to be infected with a disease (literally, to be "hit" with a disease)
    Synonym: kóràn
    sòbìà dá mi ― I have contracted guinea worm disease
* to inflict something on someone

##### Usage notes

* First definition is usually used with ní igi ("with a stick")

##### Derived terms

* ìdá
* dánígi
* panígi

### Etymology 19
#### Verb

dá
* (intransitive) to become sharp, vocal, or fully awake
    ẹnu rẹ̀ dá ― He has a sharp tongue
* (with ojú) to be sure; to be certain
    Synonym: dájú
    Ó dá mi lójú ― I am certain

##### Usage notes

* Used usually with ẹnu (“mouth”) or ojú (“eyes”)

##### Derived terms

* dá láhán
* dá láwọ́n
* dáhán
* dájú
* dánu
* ìdá

### Etymology 20
#### Verb

dá
* (transitive, intransitive) to snap, to break, to cut (into two)
    Synonyms: já, ṣẹ́, fọ́
    mo dá igi ― I cut the wood into two
* to scoop out

##### Derived terms

* dági
* dákọ
* dápẹ̀ẹ́ (“to tap a palm tree (for palmwine)”)
* dápá
* dásẹ̀
* dídá
* ìdá

##### Related terms

* bù (“to scoop out”)

## Zaghawa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /da/

### Conjunction

da
* and (after words ending in a consonant)
    Sabit da Arbaha ra - Saturday and Wednesday

#### Usage notes

Zaghawa conjunctions come after all words they group. Thus, Adam and Eve is 'adoum ra hawa ra', not *adoum ra hawa, as the literal English translation would be.

### See also

ra

### References

* Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad

## Zhuang
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /ta˨˦/
* Tone numbers: da$^1$
* Hyphenation: da

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (“eye”).
In Northern Tai, cognate with Bouyei dal.
In Zuojiang Zhuang, cognate with ha (Longzhou and Daxin dialects) or ta as in makta etc. (Ningming and Chongzuo dialects).
In Central Tai, cognate with Nong Zhuang ta.
In Southwesten Tai, cognate with Thai ตา (dtaa), Northern Thai ᨲᩣ, Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Tai Dam ꪔꪱ, Shan တႃ (tǎa), Aiton တႃ (tā), Ahom 𑜄𑜠 (ta) or 𑜄𑜡 (tā).
Possibly cognate with Proto-Austronesian *maCa (“eye”).
Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui ndal, Southern Kam dal, Hlai [ʈʂʰaː¹] and Lingao [ɗa¹].
Compare Old Chinese 睹 (OC *taːʔ, “to see”).

#### Noun

da (Sawndip forms 𥅂 or 𭾚 or 𰥗 or 𰥎 or 𠯈 or 他 or 哆 or 打, 1957–1982 spelling da)
* eye
* judgment; eye
* joint; knot; node (in a stem or branch of a plant)

#### Classifier

da (1957–1982 spelling da)
* section of (a stem, demarcated by nodes in the stem)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *taːᴬ (“maternal grandfather”).
In Northern Tai, cognate with Bouyei dal.
In Zuojiang Zhuang, cognate with Zuojiang Zhuang da as in gungqda (Longzhou, Ningming and Chongzuo dialects) or dah as in gungzdah (Daxin dialect).
In Central Tai, cognate with Nong Zhuang daq (Guangnan dialect).
In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Thai ตา (dtaa), Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Shan တႃ (tǎa).
Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔt₁aʔ (“male elder”) (Old Khmer អ្តា, Khmer តា (taa)).

#### Noun

da (Sawndip forms 𭖯 or 㐲 or 𰁫 or ⿰老他 or ⿰口夛 or 他 or 她 or 大, 1957–1982 spelling da)
* maternal grandfather
    Synonym: goengda
* father-in-law

### References

* ↑ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎, Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 323
* 1 2 3 Zhang, Junru (张 均如); et al. (1999) 壮语方言研究 [A Study of Zhuang Dialects] (in Chinese), Chengdu: Sichuan Ethnic Publishing House (四川民族出版社), page 640
* ↑ Ostapirat, Weera (2005) "Kra-dai and Austronesian: notes on phonological correspondences and vocabulary distribution" In Sagart, Laurent; et al. (eds.) The Peopling of East Asia, London; New York: RoutledgeCurzon, pages 111
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 古壮字字典 [Dictionary of Old Zhuang Characters] (in Chinese), Guangxi: Ethnic Publishing House (广西民族出版社), 2012, →ISBN
* ↑ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎, Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 336
* 1 2 3 Zhang, Junru (张 均如); et al. (1999) 壮语方言研究 [A Study of Zhuang Dialects] (in Chinese), Chengdu: Sichuan Ethnic Publishing House (四川民族出版社), page 655
* ↑ This form was reconstructed by Shorto, Harry L.; (ed.) Sidwell, Paul et al. (2006) A Mon–Khmer Comparative Dictionary. Canberra：Australian National University, Pacific Linguistics, page 85