dui

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English

Noun

dui

  1. (obsolete) plural of duo

Anagrams

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Pronunciation

Noun

dui

  1. man

References

Corsican

Corsican cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dui
    Ordinal : secondu

Etymology

From Latin duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates include Italian due and Romanian doi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdui/
  • Hyphenation: du‧i

Numeral

dui m (feminine duie)

  1. two

References

  • dui, duie” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

From Bhojpuri दुइ (dui).

Numeral

dui

  1. two

References

Istriot

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin duo.

Pronunciation

Numeral

dui

  1. two

Kalo Finnish Romani

Kalo Finnish Romani numbers (edit)
20
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    Cardinal: dui
    Ordinal: vauro, duito

Etymology

From Sanskrit द्व (dva), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates include Hindi दो (do).

Pronunciation

Numeral

dui

  1. (cardinal numbers) two[1][2]

References

  1. ^ duj” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  2. ^ Kimmo Granqvist (2011) “Numeraalit [Numerals]”, in Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani]‎ (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved February 19, 2022, page 86

Mandarin

Romanization

dui

  1. Nonstandard spelling of duī.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of duǐ.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of duì.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Old French

Numeral

dui

  1. nominative of deus
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 194, line 2455:
      Li dui frere i furent ocis
      The two brothers were killed there

Rohingya

Rohingya cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dui

Etymology

From Sanskrit द्व (dva, two).

Numeral

dui (Hanifi spelling 𐴊𐴟𐴙)

  1. two

Sicilian

Sicilian cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : dui
    Ordinal : secunnu

Alternative forms

  • du (before a noun)
  • rui, ru (forms with rotacism)

Etymology

From Latin duae, feminine plural of duo.

Numeral

dui

  1. two
    du canitwo dogs
    Nni pigghiau dui.He/she took two (of them).

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Cognate with O'odham jui (a type of prickly pear).

Noun

dui

  1. plum

References

  • R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎ (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 53

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV dui
Brazilian standard dui
New Tribes dui

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *rui; compare Apalaí ryxi, rui, Kari'na yryi, yrui, Akawaio rui, Macushi rui, Pemon rui, Yao (South America) huoroye.

Pronunciation

Noun

dui (obligatorily possessed; possessed dui)

  1. older brother (of a man)
  2. older male parallel cousin (of a man)

Derived terms

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “dui”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 115
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 62–65, 68:dui