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French
Etymology
From in- + dû.
Pronunciation
Adjective
indu (feminine indue, masculine plural indus, feminine plural indues)
- unjustified, unwarranted, undue
Further reading
Iban
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /induʔ/
- Rhymes: -du
- Hyphenation: in‧du
Noun
indu
- woman
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Minangkabau , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *indu. Doublet of induk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪn.du/
- Rhymes: -du
- Hyphenation: in‧du
Noun
indu (plural indu-indu)
- (dialect, Minangkabau) mother
Derived terms
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
indu
- Romanization of ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ
Kapampangan
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *indu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈduʔ/
- Hyphenation: in‧du
Noun
indû
- mother
Latin
Etymology
Old Latin endo, from Proto-Italic *endo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dó (“in, inside, into”). Compare Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “in, within”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
indu (+ accusative, ablative) (Old Latin)
- Archaic form of in (“in, within”).
Descendants
- Latin: in (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “indu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “indu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- indu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 807.
- indu in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 206
Lingala
Etymology
From French indium.
Noun
indu class 9 (plural indu class 10, colloquial plural baindu class 2)
- (chemistry) indium
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit इन्दु (indu, “moon”).
Noun
indu
- moon
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "indu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
indu
- second-person singular imperative of induce