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Meaning of "Vedda" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VEDDA

From Sinhalese: hunter, of Dravidian origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VEDDA

Vedda  [ˈvɛdə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VEDDA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vedda is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VEDDA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Vedda in the English dictionary

The definition of Vedda in the dictionary is a member of an aboriginal people of Sri Lanka, characterized by slender build, dark complexion, and wavy hair, noted for their Stone Age technology.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VEDDA


bedder
ˈbɛdə
beheader
bɪˈhɛdə
Cheddar
ˈtʃɛdə
dogsledder
ˈdɒɡˌslɛdə
Edda
ˈɛdə
header
ˈhɛdə
homesteader
ˈhəʊmˌstɛdə
Jedda
ˈdʒɛdə
Kedah
ˈkɛdə
keddah
ˈkɛdə
kheda
ˈkɛdə
khedah
ˈkɛdə
paper-shredder
ˈpeɪpəˌʃrɛdə
redder
ˈrɛdə
shedder
ˈʃɛdə
spreader
ˈsprɛdə
tedder
ˈtɛdə
threader
ˈθrɛdə
Veddah
ˈvɛdə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VEDDA

Veda
Vedaic
Vedaism
vedalia
Vedanta
Vedantic
Vedantism
Vedantist
Veddah
Veddoid
vedette
vedette boat
Vedic

WORDS THAT END LIKE VEDDA

Ada
agenda
Banda
Barbuda
Bermuda
Canada
Deledda
Elder Edda
Florida
honda
Jidda
Lydda
nada
Poetic Edda
Prose Edda
Rhondda
stadda
Uganda
yadda yadda yadda
Younger Edda

Synonyms and antonyms of Vedda in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Vedda» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VEDDA

Find out the translation of Vedda to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Vedda from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Vedda» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

维达
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vedda
570 millions of speakers

English

Vedda
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Vedda
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Vedda
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Vedda
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Vedda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Vedda
260 millions of speakers

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Vedda
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Vedda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vedda
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヴェッダ人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Vedda
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vedda
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Vedda
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Vedda
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Vedda
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Vedda
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Vedda
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Vedda
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Vedda
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Vedda
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Vedda
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Vedda
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Vedda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Vedda
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Vedda

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VEDDA»

The term «Vedda» is normally little used and occupies the 119.365 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VEDDA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Vedda» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Vedda» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Vedda

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VEDDA»

Discover the use of Vedda in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Vedda and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Handbuch Der Orientalistik
The Veddas, by contrast, are accepted to be authentic aboriginal hunter-foragers who have linguistically assimilated to some extent to the Sinhalese, whilst only a portion of the original Vedda population proved ready to assimilate culturally ...
George van Driem, 2001
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The Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic ...
Should a Vedda make improper overtures to, or have improper relations with, his neighbour's wife, the injured husband, with the consent of the community, has a perfect right, at any time that he pleases, to send an arrow into the offender.
‎1888
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Transactions of the Third International Congress for the ...
Other chiefs expressly said to be Veddas of the Vedda Wasagama are mentioned in an early seventeenth-century MS. But in the present argument special interest attaches to Panikki Vedda ; for Panikkia Yaka, said to be the yaka of a ...
Percy Stafford Allen, John de Monins Johnson, 1908
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Transactions of the Third International Congress for the ...
Other chiefs expressly said to be Veddas of the Vedda Wasagama are mentioned in an early seventeenth-century MS. But in the present argument special interest attaches to Panikki Vedda; for Panikkia Yaka, said to be the yaka of a ...
Percy Stafford Allen, John de Monins Johnson, 1908
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Current Trends in Linguistics
Although Parker's statement is not precise owing to his not being a linguist, it is interesting to note that he sees some similarities as well as differences between Vedda and Sinhalese. In his research (Ph.D. London), De Silva concludes that ...
Thomas Albert Sebeok, 1970
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Religions of the lower culture. Section II. Religions of ...
Mr. H. Parker-whom I take this opportunity of thanking for much assis tance in the preparation of this paper, as well as for the translation of theinvocations already given-tells me that a sixteenth-century MS. records the appointment of a Vedda ...
Percy Stafford Allen, John de Monins Johnson, 1908
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Language and Society in South Asia
7.134- Vedda Creole in Sri Lanka We are fortunate in having a very recent analysis of the speech of the Veddas in Sri Lanka by Dharmadasa (1974). He reviews the work of Nevill and Marambe who felt that the speech of the Veddas was ...
Michael C. Shapiro, Harold F. Schiffman, 1981
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Images of the Wildman in Southeast Asia: An Anthropological ...
The extent to which the representation of nittaewo recorded by Nevill was a Vedda one might be doubted, since bythe time he wrote,'pure' Vedda were reckoned to be virtually extinct in southeastern Sri Lanka. In addition, both Spittel (1963) ...
Gregory Forth, 2008
9
Indigenous Peoples of South Asia: Vedda People, Adivasi, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, Books Llc, 2010
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Vedda Language
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Vedda language is the language of the indigenous Vedda people of Sri Lanka.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VEDDA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Vedda is used in the context of the following news items.
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Strafanzeige gegen Hunde- Besitzer - Spitz-Mischling am Tierheim …
Svenja Kantzos und Samantha Vedda sind fassungslos. „Wie kann man ein hilfloses Tier nur so seinem Schicksal überlassen?“, fragten sich die beiden, ... «Kölnische Rundschau, Jul 15»
2
A brilliant bilingual
Many of the Veddas who interacted with Spittel found Gamini a sort of successor, his interest being the providing of whatever facilities that these simple folk ... «Ceylon Daily News, May 15»
3
Die Letzten der Ersten
Zu Besuch bei der Volksgruppe der Vedda, den letzten Ureinwohnern Sri Lankas, die in einem Nationalpark im Zentrum des Inselstaates im Indischen Ozean ... «Wiener Zeitung, Apr 15»
4
Into The Jungle With Sri Lanka?s Last Hunter-Gatherers
Jaya—who, like all the Vedda, is only about 5 ft tall—wedged himself in the V formed by two forking branches, about two foot away from a large opening in the ... «Daily Beast, Jan 15»
5
UTG PREMIERE: Don Vedda – “Casanova” Lyric Video
We don't usually run premieres at night, but when Don Vedda asked us to hold this post until the sun had set we were more than happy to oblige. Oh, what's that ... «Under the Gun Review, Nov 14»
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* British High Commissioner visits the Vedda community of Sri Lanka
Nov 04, Colombo: British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, John Rankin, who is touring the hill country, visited the indigenous Vedda community in Dambana, ... «Colombo Page, Nov 14»
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Vedda Leader Uru Warige Wannila Aththo casts his vote (Watch …
News1st's Amila Balasuriya reporting from Dambana in Mahiyangana, was able to capture the moment when the leader of the Sri Lankan indigenous Vedda ... «Newsfirst, Sep 14»
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Publikum avgjer kven av desse som får ein kasse vin
ØIF Arendal-trenar Marinko Kurtovic og sportsleg leiar Per Carsten Michelsen har vedda ei kasse vin på kor mange tilskodarar som møter opp til første ... «NRK, Sep 14»
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Home » » The Veddas of Sri Lanka
The Vedda represent a primitive community of the world who are faced with an imminent threat of extinction as a consequence of their contact with the more ... «The Island.lk, Aug 14»
10
Sri Lanka, il popolo della foresta: Aiutateci a preservare la nostra …
Il popolo vedda chiede al governo il rispetto delle loro tradizioni e la concessione a usare parte delle foreste per cacciare. Essi sono la popolazione aborigena ... «AsiaNews, Aug 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Vedda [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/vedda>. Apr 2024 ».
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