jadi

See also: Jadi, jádí, and jaði

English

Alternative forms

Noun

jadi (uncountable)

  1. (Asia) pickled fish

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay jadi, from Sanskrit जाति (jāti, birth). Doublet of jati and jelata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒa.di/

Conjunction

jadi

  1. so (in order that, for that reason)

Verb

menjadi

  1. to become (to come into being)

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit जाति (jāti, birth). Doublet of jati and jelata.

Or probably cognated with Old Javanese dadi (to become) (compare Javanese ꦢꦢꦶ (dadi)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒa.di/
  • Rhymes: -adi, -di, -i

Verb

jadi (Jawi spelling جادي, used in the form menjadi)

  1. to become (to begin to be)
    Dia akan menjadi seorang guru
    She will become a teacher
  2. (grammar): so (in order that, for that reason)
    Beri saya wang, jadi saya dapat membeli sebuah buku komik
    Give me money, so I can buy a comic
    Dia mahukan sebuah buku, jadi dia pergi ke perpustakaan
    He wanted a book, so he went to the library

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: jadi
  • Tagalog: yari ?

References

Further reading


Maquiritari

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hʷaɾ̠i]

Noun

jadi

  1. white clay

References

  • Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela, Santa Barbara: University of California, page 191
  • Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 51

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic جَدّ (jadd, literally grandfather).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

jadi (n class, plural jadi)

  1. tradition
  2. lineage, ancestry, genealogy

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay jadi, from Sanskrit जाति (jāti).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒa.d̪i/

Conjunction

jadi

  1. so, therefore

References

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