adu

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Verb

adu

  1. imperative of adi

Gun

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *aɖú. Cognates include Fon aɖǔ, Saxwe Gbe aɖú, Aja aɖu

Pronunciation

Noun

adú (plural adú lẹ́) (Nigeria)

  1. tooth

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

adu f (possessed form adun)

  1. smallpox

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

adu (plural aduk)

  1. trump (the suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative adu aduk
accusative adut adukat
dative adunak aduknak
instrumental aduval adukkal
causal-final aduért adukért
translative aduvá adukká
terminative aduig adukig
essive-formal aduként adukként
essive-modal — —
inessive aduban adukban
superessive adun adukon
adessive adunál aduknál
illative aduba adukba
sublative adura adukra
allative aduhoz adukhoz
elative aduból adukból
delative aduról adukról
ablative adutól aduktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		adué aduké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		aduéi adukéi
Possessive forms of adu
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. adum aduim
2nd person sing. adud aduid
3rd person sing. aduja adui
1st person plural adunk aduink
2nd person plural adutok aduitok
3rd person plural adujuk aduik

Further reading

  • adu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • adu in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay adu, from Classical Malay ادو (adu), from Old Malay hadu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *adu (“compete, confront in a contest”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈadu/
  • Hyphenation: adu

Verb

adu

  1. to compete, to contest
  2. to complain

Conjugation

Conjugation of adu (meng-, ber-, transitive)
Root adu
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active mengadu, beradu teradu diadu adu adulah
Locative
Causative / Applicative1 mengadukan teradukan diadukan adukan adukanlah
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1 memperadukan diperadukan peradukan
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Noun

adu

  1. competition
    Synonym: lomba
  2. cockfight

Derived terms

Further reading

Latvian

Verb

adu

  1. first-person singular present indicative of adīt

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hadu, from Proto-Austronesian *Sadu. Cognate with Puyuma sadru and Yami aro.

Adjective

adú

  1. many

Malay

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈadu/
  • Hyphenation: adu

Etymology 1

From Malay adu, from Classical Malay ادو (adu), from Old Malay hadu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *adu (“compete, confront in a contest”). See beradu.

Verb

adu

  1. to compete, to contest.
    Mereka sedang adu tenaga.
    They are currently competing in strength.
  2. to fight.
    Dia adu musuhnya seorang diri.
    He fought his enemy alone.
  3. to complain

Noun

adu (plural adu-adu, informal 1st possessive aduku, 2nd possessive adumu, 3rd possessive adunya)

  1. competition; usually as peraduan.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

adu

  1. (royal, poetic) to sleep. See beradu.

Further reading

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Noun

adu m (Arabic spelling ئادو)

  1. Alternative form of edû (“enemy; rival”)

Declension

Declension of adu
Definite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative adu adu
Construct aduyê aduyên
Oblique aduyî aduyan
Demonstrative oblique wî aduyî wan aduyan
Vocative aduyo aduyino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative aduyek aduyin
Construct aduyekî aduyine
Oblique aduyekî aduyinan

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “adu”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 2

Romanian

Pronunciation

Verb

adu

  1. second-person singular imperative of aduce

Tarifit

Preposition

adu (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⵓ)

  1. under, underneath
    Synonym: sadu
    adu tfřewt
    Under the wood.

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

adu

  1. spleen

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Pronunciation

Verb

adu

  1. (transitive) to fell a tree
    Synonym: telo

Conjugation

Conjugation of adu (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person taadu maadu aadu
2nd person naadu faadu
3rd person inanimate iadu daadu
animate
imperative naadu, adu faadu, adu

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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