duku

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See also: ɖuku

Indonesian

Noun

duku (first-person possessive dukuku, second-person possessive dukumu, third-person possessive dukunya)

  1. fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum
    Synonym: langsat

Descendants

  • Dutch: doekoe

Further reading

Nupe

Dùkúzhì

Etymology

From Hausa kūdaku, kūdàkū (sweet potato).[1]

Noun

dùkú (plural dùkúzhì)

  1. potato, sweet potato
    Synonym: kúkúǹdùkú

References

  1. ^ Roger Blench, Archaeology, Language, and the African Past →ISBN, 2006), page 230, The role of Hausa in diffusing terms for sweet potato

Further reading

  • A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Nupe Language (1864)

Rukai

Etymology

From Japanese (doku).

Noun

duku

  1. poison

Shona

Adjective

-dúku

  1. Karanga and Manyika form of -diki

Inflection

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch doek.

Pronunciation

Noun

duku

  1. cloth
  2. (slang) money
    Synonym: moni

Descendants