udu

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "udu"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Igbo udu (“pot”).

Noun

udu (plural udus)

  1. A jug-shaped percussion instrument of Igbo origin.

Dongxiang

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *edür. Compare Mongolian өдөр (ödör).

Pronunciation

Noun

udu

  1. day

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *utu.

Noun

udu (genitive , partitive )

  1. fog

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.du/
  • Rhymes: -udu
  • Syllabification: u‧du

Noun

udu n

  1. dative singular of udo

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin ūdus (“wet”). Cognate with Aromanian ud, Dalmatian joit, Italian uggia, Romanian ud.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.du/, (standard)
  • Hyphenation: ù‧du

Noun

udu m

  1. (cooking) the cooking water while it is boiling
    Sta' 'ttentu a l'acqua ca vuḍḍi ca putissi nèsciri u udu dâ pignata.
    Be careful of the boiling water that "what's boiled" could come out of the pot.

See also

Slovene

Noun

udu

  1. dative/locative singular of ud

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English wood.

Pronunciation

Noun

udu

  1. wood
    • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎, archived from the original on 8 February 2023:
      Kuljara va ju no habi bunne hudu, da buba soso
      Your canoe doesn't have proper wood, it's just sapwood.

Adjective

udu

  1. wooden

Derived terms

Sumerian

Romanization

udu

  1. Romanization of 𒇻 (udu)

Turkish

Noun

udu

  1. accusative singular of ut
  2. third-person singular possessive of ut

West Makian

Etymology

Compared by Voorhoeve with Tidore iru (“to blow”).

Pronunciation

Verb

udu

  1. (intransitive) to blow

Conjugation

Conjugation of udu (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person toudu moudu audu
2nd person noudu foudu
3rd person inanimate iudu doudu
animate
imperative nuudu, udu fuudu, udu

Noun

udu

  1. the wind

Alternative forms

References

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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