adi-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "adi"
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay adi-, from Javanese ꦲꦢꦶ (adi), from Old Javanese adi, adhi, ādi (“beginning; first, principal; excellent”), from Sanskrit आदि, अधि (ādi, adhi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adi/
- Hyphenation: adi
Prefix
adi-
Derived terms
Further reading
- “adi-”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Etymology
From Javanese ꦲꦢꦶ (adi), from Old Javanese adi, adhi, ādi (“beginning; first, principal; excellent”), from Sanskrit आदि, अधि (ādi, adhi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adi/
- Hyphenation: adi
Prefix
adi-
Derived terms
See also
References
- Edi Sedyawati; Ellya Iswati; Kusparyati Boedhijono; Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994), Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, page 207
Further reading
- "adi-" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Navajo
Etymology
From ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + di-
Prefix
adi-
- forms usitative constructions, indicating that the subject knows how to perform an action, performs its regularly, or is an expert at it
Derived terms
Navajo terms prefixed with adi-
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References
- Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 25.