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vado

vada

masc nom sg of vada (adj); masc nom sg of vada (root); aor 2nd sg of vadi (verb)

1. vada (adj): speaking; who talks
2. vada (root): (gram) √vad (say, speak)
3. vadi (aor): spoke, said, told

Built from

• vad — root · say, speak
  The root carries the primary sense of uttering sound or making a statement. Cognates: Latin vox, Sanskrit vadati, English word.

Etymology. √vad 'say, speak' is cognate with Latin vox 'voice', Sanskrit vadati 'speaks', and English word (originally 'utterance'). The root is ancient Indo-European *wedh- or *wodh-.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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