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Definition of Gadaba
1. Noun. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
Generic synonyms: Dravidian
2. Noun. The Dravidian language spoken by the Gadaba.
Generic synonyms: Central Dravidian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gadaba
Literary usage of Gadaba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Meitheis by Thomas Callan Hodson (1908)
"It may be noted that the participial form gadaba-gi is incomplete, as from the
use of the genitive suffix gi, it is clear that some word, ..."
2. Linguistic and Oriental Essays: Written from the Year 1840-1903 by Robert Needham Cust (1880)
"Vocabularies of the Mehto, Gadaba, and Mal-Paharia have been brought forward,
but the habitat of the speakers has not been pointed out. ..."