dudu

Javanese

Romanization

dudu

1. Romanization of ꦢꦸꦢꦸ

Maltese

Alternative forms

• duda (also used as a term of endearment)

Etymology

Singulative derivation from Arabic دُود (dūd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduː.du/

Noun

dudu m (singulative, plural dwied, paucal dudiet)

1. singulative of dud
   • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Profeta Ġona 4:7:

     imma kif sebaħ l-għada, Alla bagħat dudu li mess is-siġra u din nixfet.

     New International Version translation: But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

dudu (ma class, plural madudu)

1. Augmentative of mdudu: large insect

Turkish

Etymology

From Persian طوطی.

Compare Middle Armenian թութակ (tʻutʻak), Arabic طُوطَق (ṭūṭaq, “parrot”), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: du‧du

Noun

dudu (definite accusative duduyu, plural dudular)

1. (archaic, poetic) parrot

Declension

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Meso-Melanesian *dudu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duⁿdu/

Noun

dudu

1. cassowary

Further reading

• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪u.d̪u/

Verb

dudu

1. (intransitive) to sink

Conjugation

References

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

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• dídú
• dídún

Etymology

From dídú, partial reduplication of dú (“to be black or dark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dú.dú/

Adjective

dúdú

1. black; dark; deep green; deep blue

   ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ dúdú

   green banana

   Ẹyẹ dúdú yẹn rẹwà ― That black bird is beautiful

2. dark-skinned

   Antonym: pupa (“light-skinned”)

Noun

dúdú

1. blackness; black colour
2. something that is black or dark in colour

   Aṣọ wo lẹ fẹ́ rà? Dúdú ni mo fẹ́.

   Which textile do you want to buy? I want the black one.

Verb

dúdú

1. to be black, dark, deep green or deep blue

   Synonym: dú

   Ẹyẹ yẹn dúdú ― That bird is black

   Ó ti dúdú sí i nítorí oòrùn tó pa á ― It has darkened due to sun damage

Derived terms