"da" meaning in Akan

See da in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /dá/ [habitual], /dà/ [present]
Head templates: {{head|ak|adv}} da, {{tlb|ak|Twi}} (Twi)
  1. ever Tags: Twi
    Sense id: en-da-ak-adv-YyEmVfLi
  2. ever
    (with negative) never
    Tags: Twi
    Sense id: en-da-ak-adv-oXerTKo4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /dá/ [habitual], /dà/ [present] Forms: nna [negative]
Head templates: {{head|ak|verb|negative|nna}} da (negative nna), {{tlb|ak|Twi}} (Twi)
  1. to sleep Tags: Twi
    Sense id: en-da-ak-verb-w~6onUrj
  2. to lie down Tags: Twi
    Sense id: en-da-ak-verb-K7h4AUpm Categories (other): Akan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Akan entries with incorrect language header: 21 21 0 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: da adi, da ase (english: to thank), medaase (english: thank you)
Etymology number: 1
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "da adi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to thank",
      "translation": "to thank",
      "word": "da ase"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "thank you",
      "translation": "thank you",
      "word": "medaase"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nna",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "negative",
        "4": "nna"
      },
      "expansion": "da (negative nna)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "Twi"
      },
      "expansion": "(Twi)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Akan",
  "lang_code": "ak",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I didn't sleep early last night.",
          "text": "Manna ntɛm nnora anadwo.",
          "translation": "I didn't sleep early last night.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sleep"
      ],
      "id": "en-da-ak-verb-w~6onUrj",
      "links": [
        [
          "sleep",
          "sleep"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Twi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 21 0 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lie down"
      ],
      "id": "en-da-ak-verb-K7h4AUpm",
      "links": [
        [
          "lie down",
          "lie down"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Twi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dá/",
      "tags": [
        "habitual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dà/",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "da"
}

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "adv"
      },
      "expansion": "da",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "Twi"
      },
      "expansion": "(Twi)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Akan",
  "lang_code": "ak",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ever"
      ],
      "id": "en-da-ak-adv-YyEmVfLi",
      "links": [
        [
          "ever",
          "ever"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Twi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ever",
        "never"
      ],
      "id": "en-da-ak-adv-oXerTKo4",
      "links": [
        [
          "ever",
          "ever"
        ],
        [
          "never",
          "never"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "ever",
        "(with negative) never"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with negative"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Twi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dá/",
      "tags": [
        "habitual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dà/",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "da"
}
{
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    "Akan adverbs",
    "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
    "Akan lemmas",
    "Akan verbs",
    "Pages with 109 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "za:Body parts",
    "za:Male family members"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "da adi"
    },
    {
      "english": "to thank",
      "translation": "to thank",
      "word": "da ase"
    },
    {
      "english": "thank you",
      "translation": "thank you",
      "word": "medaase"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nna",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "negative",
        "4": "nna"
      },
      "expansion": "da (negative nna)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "Twi"
      },
      "expansion": "(Twi)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Akan",
  "lang_code": "ak",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Akan terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I didn't sleep early last night.",
          "text": "Manna ntɛm nnora anadwo.",
          "translation": "I didn't sleep early last night.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sleep"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sleep",
          "sleep"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Twi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to lie down"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lie down",
          "lie down"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Twi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dá/",
      "tags": [
        "habitual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dà/",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "da"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Akan adverbs",
    "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
    "Akan lemmas",
    "Pages with 109 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "za:Body parts",
    "za:Male family members"
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "adv"
      },
      "expansion": "da",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "Twi"
      },
      "expansion": "(Twi)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Akan",
  "lang_code": "ak",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ever"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ever",
          "ever"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Twi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ever",
        "never"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ever",
          "ever"
        ],
        [
          "never",
          "never"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "ever",
        "(with negative) never"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with negative"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Twi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dá/",
      "tags": [
        "habitual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dà/",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "da"
}

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