What is the meaning of ですだ? 「こちらですだ」

Question

こちらですだ

This sentence is from Mirai Nikki episode 4. The character speaks some kind of dialect. The context is that she is showing the way to the protagonists.

I don't understand the meaning of だ here.

Answer 1

Rather than meaning anything, it indicates the character is speaking in a stereotypical rural language. There is a famous(?) old song 俺ら東京さ行ぐだ. The singer is from Aomori, which is in Tohoku, where the dialect typically uses だべ ending.

In terms of meaning, it is the same as こちらです.