🌏 Region(s): Kyushu (Kagoshima)
あたで : atade | define meaning
atade
Definition
Adverb
- Suddenly; immediately; right away; at once
- あたでいなでけん
atadeina deken
"suddenly unable (to do something)"
- あたでいなでけん
Etymology
Cognate to Kagoshima あたで atade and あたでい atadei "suddenly"; Miyazaki あだで adade and あたでえ atadee "immediately"; as well as the Middle Japanese term あただ atada "very, awful; sudden" and あただに atadani "very, awfully; namely; suddenly". Distantly related to the standard Japanese expression あたかも【恰も・宛も】 atakamo and its variants あだかも adakamo "as it were; at that moment".
Notes
Variant:
あたでい atadei
意味：にわかに【俄かに・俄に】、きゅうに【急に】、すぐに【直ぐに】、ただちに【直ちに】
あたで