da-

da-

1. (SI prefix, metrology) deca- (“×10¹”); Alternative form of dk- (“deka-”)

   Synonyms: D-, Da-, DA-, dk-, Dk-, DK-

   Coordinate term: d- (deci-)

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da-

1. prefix form of da, meaning there-

da-

1. third person plural nominative proclitic

da-

1. (disjunct prefix of position I)
   Thematic prefix, referring to death.
   ► Navajo verbs with disjunct prefix da-.
2. (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 nouns, pronouns or postpositions. This prefix marks the boundary between disjunct (outer) and conjunct (inner) prefixes.

   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

• gada- (Algonquin)

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.

da- (plain conjunct ji- or da-, changed conjunct ge-)

1. future tense marker
   • wiisiniwag — they eat
   • da-wiisiniwag — they will eat
   • ninga-wiisin — I will eat
2. (some speakers) form of daa- used in the conjunct order

• 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.

• wii-
• gii-
• daa-

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/da-pv-tns
• Jerry Randolph Valentine (1994 August) Ojibwe Dialect Relationships‎^[1], Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin, →OCLC, pages 162-163

• IPA^(key): /da/

da- (class B & C infixed pronoun)

1. her (object pronoun)
2. them

• IPA^(key): /ta/

da-

1. question marker

   Danit'ada?

   How are you?

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

• IPA^(key): /d̪a/

da-

1. (inanimate) third-person singular possessive prefix, its

   da pala do bungbangi ― the house's floor

2. indicates definiteness

   do gupa ma feberesi ― all of those coconuts

   Da mai magol. ― The stone is large.

3. joins stative verbs attributively

   mai da magol ― a large stone

   win da safo ― a hot day

   afi da rata ― level ground

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

• de-, di-, do-

• IPA^(key): /d̪a/

da-

1. third-person plural clitic, they

   doco ― they see

2. (polite) third-person singular clitic, he, she

   da lagei deiteng ― the old man said

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

• de-, di-, do-

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics