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Asturian
Noun
dadu m (plural dados)
- die (polyhedron with symbols on each side)
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Malay dadu (“die”), from Portuguese dado (“die”), from Old Galician-Portuguese dado, itself from a Vulgar Latin *dadu, of uncertain origin; possibly from Classical Arabic أَعْدَاد (ʔaʕdād, “numbers”), or from Latin datum.
Noun
dadu (plural dadu-dadu)
- (gaming) die, a regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
- cube
- Synonym: kubus
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Adjective
dadu
- pink.
- Synonym: merah muda
Further reading
Maguindanao
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish arado.
Noun
dadu
- plough; plow
Pali
Alternative scripts
- 𑀤𑀤𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ददु (Devanagari script)
- দদু (Bengali script)
- දදු (Sinhalese script)
- ဒဒု or ၻၻု (Burmese script)
- ททุ or ทะทุ (Thai script)
- ᨴᨴᩩ (Tai Tham script)
- ທທຸ or ທະທຸ (Lao script)
- ទទុ (Khmer script)
- 𑄘𑄘𑄪 (Chakma script)
Verb
dadu
- third-person plural imperfect active of dadāti (“to give”)
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese dado.
Pronunciation
Noun
dadu class V (plural madadu class VI)
- die (polyhedron with symbols on each side)
- a game of dice