abada

See also: abadá and Abadã

English

Etymology

From Portuguese abada (“female rhinoceros”), from Malay badak (“rhinoceros”).

Noun

abada (plural abadas)

1. (obsolete) The rhinoceros.
2. (mythology) A herbivorous mythological creature of the Central African Congo, similar to the unicorn. Its horns are said to be an antidote to poisons, and it has brown fur, two crooked horns and a boar's tail.
   • 1864, William Winwood Reade, Savage Africa, page 373:

     It is certain that the unicorn is not to be confounded with the abada, about which they usually dispute; this one may see by the difference of their names, as well as by the difference of their body and parts […]

Anagrams

• baaad

Bambara

Etymology

From Arabic أَبَد (ʔabad, “eternity”).

Noun

abada

1. eternity

Adverb

abada

1. always, forever

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.da/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: abadas, abadât

Verb

abada

1. third-person singular past historic of abader

Fula

Alternative forms

• abadan

Etymology

From Arabic أَبَدًا (ʔabadan).

Adverb

abada

1. never

Usage notes

• Used in Western Niger Fulfulde.
• faa abada means forever.

Galician

Etymology

From aba (“apron”) +‎ -ada (“~ful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbada/ [aˈβ̞a.ð̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧da

Noun

abada f (plural abadas)

1. apronful, quantity contained in an apron or in the folds of a shirt

Related terms

• aba

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “abada”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic أَبَدًا (ʔabadan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔà.bà.dâː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔà.bə̀.dâː]

Adverb

àbàdâ

1. always

Ibaloi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaʀa, from Proto-Austronesian *qabaʀa.

Noun

abada

1. (anatomy) shoulder

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese abada (“female rhinoceros”), from a bada (“the rhinoceros”), with concretion of the definite article.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈba.da/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: a‧bà‧da

Noun

abada m or f by sense (masculine plural abadi, feminine plural abade)

1. Alternative form of bada (“rhinoceros”)

Moore

Etymology

From Arabic أَبَدًا (ʔabadan).

Adverb

abada

1. never

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ bada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈba.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈba.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈba.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈba.dɐ/ [ɐˈβa.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧da

Noun

abada f (plural abadas)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of bada (“rhinoceros”)

Descendants

• → English: abada
• → Italian: abada
• → Spanish: abada

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese abada, from Malay badak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbada/ [aˈβ̞a.ð̞a]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧da

Noun

abada f (plural abadas)

1. (obsolete) rhinoceros

   Synonym: rinoceronte

Further reading

• “abada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Turkish

Noun

abada

1. locative singular of aba