cadas

See also: cadás and Čadas

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sundanese cadas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *badas (“grit, coarse sand, gravel”). Doublet of wadas.

Noun

cadas

1. (geology) sedimentary rock formation
2. any steep, dense, and rough rocky formation
3. (music) rock music, particularly heavy metal

Further reading

• “cadas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Verb

cadās

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of cadō