wudu

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See also: Wudu, wǔdú, Wǔdū, wúdù, and wudu'

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwuːduː/, /ˈwʊduː/

Noun

wudu (uncountable)

  1. (Islam) form of ritual washing of the forearms, head, and feet, required after minor impurity, frequently performed immediately before prayer
  2. (Islam) the state of purity that is achieved by this washing

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Translations

Borôro

Verb

wudu

  1. to fall

Indonesian

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Etymology

Inherited from Malay (Standard Malay wuduk), from Arabic وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwu.du/
  • Rhymes: -du
  • Hyphenation: wu‧du

Noun

wudu (plural wudu-wudu, first-person possessive wuduku, second-person possessive wudumu, third-person possessive wudunya)

  1. (Islam) wudu:
    1. form of ritual washing of the forearms, head, and feet, required after minor impurity, frequently performed immediately before prayer
    2. the state of purity that is achieved by this washing

Alternative forms

The Standard Malay form in Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore is wuduk.

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Further reading

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Dissimilated from earlier widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz, from Proto-Indo-European *widʰu- (“tree, beam”).

Cognate with Old Saxon widu, Old High German witu, Old Norse viðr. The Indo-European root is also the source of Old Irish fid, Welsh gwŷdd.

Pronunciation

Noun

wudu m

  1. wood
  2. forest, woods
  3. tree

Declension

Declension of wudu (strong u-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wudu wuda
accusative wudu wuda
genitive wuda wuda
dative wuda wudum

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: wude, wode

See also

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English voodoo, from Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole vodou, from a West African language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvu.du/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -udu
  • Syllabification: wu‧du

Noun

wudu n (indeclinable)

  1. Alternative spelling of voodoo

Further reading

  • wudu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

wudu (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜓᜇᜓ) (Islam)

  1. wudu

See also

West Makian

Pronunciation

Verb

wudu

  1. (intransitive) Alternative form of udu (“to blow”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of wudu (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person towudu mowudu awudu
2nd person nowudu fowudu
3rd person inanimate iwudu dowudu
animate
imperative nuwudu, wudu fuwudu, wudu

Noun

wudu

  1. Alternative form of udu (“wind”)

References

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics
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