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kada

Pronunciation: [kɐˈdɐ]

“kada” is a Lithuanian word. Its 5 meanings in English:

adverb

  1. when
  2. at some point, someday
  3. back then, at that point

conjunction

  1. when, whenever

pronoun

  1. time (suitable time and conditions for a certain purpose)

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kadāˀn, compare Latvian kad, Old Prussian kaden. Equivalent to kas + -ada. Despite the external similarity with Sanskrit कदा (kadā́, “when”), there are a number of formal difficulties. Firstly, the original form (as in Prussian) had a final nasal, and acute accentuation, evidenced in the derivative kadángi (“since, because”) and dialectal kadù. Secondly, the lack of…

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