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adata

Pronunciation: [ˈadatːa]

“adata” is a Latvian word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. needle (a long, thin, pointy tool for sewing or knitting, usually made of metal)
  2. pin (various thin, pointy objects used to hold together clothes, hair, etc. or as ornaments)
  3. needle (thin metal object with a sharp point, used for pricking, or for injecting substances)
  4. needles, spikes, thorns, spines (thin, sharp growths on plants or animals)
  5. needle (part of an instrument or machine with a needle-like shape or form)

Etymology

Traditionally derived from the same stem as adît (“to knit”) (with an extra -at): Proto-Balto-Slavic *ad-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁edʰ-, *h₁odʰ- (“pointed, sharp”); Derksen finds the derivation semantically attractive, but is skeptical of it in relation to Latin ebulum (“dwarf-elder, danewort”). Cognates include Lithuanian ãdata.

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