yarda

Barngarla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaɖa/

Noun

yarda

1. land, country

References

• Page 17 of Zuckermann, Ghil'ad, Emmalene Richards and the Barngarla (2021), Mangiri Yarda (Healthy Country: Barngarla Wellbeing and Nature), Adelaide: Revivalistics Press.

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish yarda (“yard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟarda/ [ɟar.ð̞a] (Navarro-Lapurdian)

 

• IPA^(key): /jarda/ [jar.ð̞a] (Southern)

• IPA^(key): /jarda/ [jar.ð̞a] (Gipuzkoan)
• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒarda/ [d͡ʒar.ð̞a] (Biscayan)
• IPA^(key): /jarda/ [jar.ð̞a] (Upper Navarre)

• Rhymes: -arda, -a
• Hyphenation: yar‧da

Noun

yarda inan

1. yard (distance)

Declension

Declension of yarda (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	yarda	yarda	yardak	yardok
ergative	yardak	yardak	yardek	yardok
dative	yardari	yardari	yardei	yardoi
genitive	yardaren	yardaren	yarden	yardon
comitative	yardarekin	yardarekin	yardekin	yardokin
causative	yardarengatik	yardarengatik	yardengatik	yardongatik
benefactive	yardarentzat	yardarentzat	yardentzat	yardontzat
instrumental	yardaz	yardaz	yardez	yardotaz
inessive	yardatan	yardan	yardetan	yardotan
locative	yardatako	yardako	yardetako	yardotako
allative	yardatara	yardara	yardetara	yardotara
terminative	yardataraino	yardaraino	yardetaraino	yardotaraino
directive	yardatarantz	yardarantz	yardetarantz	yardotarantz
destinative	yardatarako	yardarako	yardetarako	yardotarako
ablative	yardatatik	yardatik	yardetatik	yardotatik
partitive	yardarik	—	—	—
prolative	yardatzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “yarda”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “yarda”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Cebuano

Etymology

Etymology tree

English yard

Spanish yardabor.

Cebuano yarda

Borrowed from Spanish yarda, from English yard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaɾda/ [ˈjɐɾ̪.d̪a]
• Hyphenation: yar‧da

Noun

yárda (Badlit spelling ᜌᜇ᜔ᜇ)

1. yard (unit of length equal to 3 feet)
2. yard (small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or within the precincts of a house or other building)

Central Bikol

Etymology

Etymology tree

English yard

Spanish yardabor.

Central Bikol yarda

Borrowed from Spanish yarda, from English yard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaɾda/ [ˈjaɾ.d̪a]
• Hyphenation: yar‧da

Noun

yárda (Basahan spelling ᜌᜍ᜔ᜇ)

1. yard (distance)

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish yarda (“yard”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: yar‧da

Noun

yarda

1. yard (distance)

Lapuyan Subanun

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog yarda, from Spanish yarda, from English yard, from Middle English yard, from Old English ġeard (“yard, garden, fence, enclosure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jarda/

Noun

yarda

1. yard

References

• Phrase Book: Central Subanen, Southern Subanen, Western Subanon, Cebuano, Filipino, English‎^[1], Davao City: Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1992, page 60

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Etymology tree

English yard

Spanish yardabor.

Masbatenyo yarda

Borrowed from Spanish yarda, from English yard.

Noun

yarda

1. yard (distance)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English yard. Cognate with Portuguese jarda.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝaɾda/ [ˈɟ͡ʝaɾ.ð̞a]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝaɾda/ [ˈɟ͡ʝaɾ.ð̞a] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɾda/ [ˈʃaɾ.ð̞a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒaɾda/ [ˈʒaɾ.ð̞a] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -aɾda
• Syllabification: yar‧da

Noun

yarda f (plural yardas)

1. English or American yard (unit of length)
2. (US) yard sale
3. (Latin America) yard (land)

   Synonym: yadra (US)

Coordinate terms

• (unit of length): pulgada (¹⁄₃₆ yarda), pie (¹⁄₁₂ yarda), milla (1,760 yardas)

Further reading

• “yarda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
• “yarda”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• Diccionario de anglicismos del español estadounidense

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

English yard

Spanish yardabor.

Tagalog yarda

Borrowed from Spanish yarda, from English yard.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjaɾda/ [ˈjaɾ.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɾda
• Syllabification: yar‧da

Noun

yarda (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜇ᜔ᜇ)

1. yard (distance)
2. act of measuring something in yards

   Synonyms: pagyarda, pagyayarda

3. manner in which something was measured in yards

   Synonym: pagkakayarda

Derived terms

• ipagyarda
• iyarda
• pagkakayarda
• pagyarda
• pagyayarda
• pangyarda
• yardahan
• yardahin

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Etymology tree

English yard

Spanish yardabor.

Waray-Waray yarda

Borrowed from Spanish yarda (“yard”), from English yard.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: yar‧da
• IPA^(key): /ˈjaɾda/

Noun

yarda

1. yard (distance)