different between hadda vs hadeda

English

Contraction

hadda

1. (nonstandard) had to
2. (Canada, US, nonstandard) had (used in conditional statements; compare had've)

   If I hadda known, I wouldn't've gone.

Anagrams

• Hadad, dadah

Hausa

Noun

hadd?? f (possessed form haddàr?)

1. memorization

Icelandic

Noun

hadda

1. indefinite accusative plural of haddur
2. indefinite genitive plural of haddur

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Noun

hadda f (genitive h?ddu)

1. pot-hook, pot-handle

Declension

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: hodde f

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

hadda

1. accusative plural of haddr
2. genitive plural of haddr

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæd??/

Noun

hadda f

1. definite nominative/accusative feminine singular of hadd

English

Alternative forms

• hadada, hadedah

Etymology

Imitative of its call.

Noun

hadeda (plural hadedas)

1. The hadada ibis.
   • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage 2000, p. 204:

     A small formation of hadedahs, four or five of them, flew past overhead, shrieking their wild death-cries across the valley.

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