wudu

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

English

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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

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Translations

Borôro

Verb

wudu

  1. to fall

Indonesian

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Etymology

Inherited from Malay wudu, variant of the standard wuduk, from Arabic وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

wudu (uncountable)

  1. (Islam) wudu
    Alternative form: wuduk (Malay)

Verb

wudu

  1. (Islam) to perform wudu
    Synonym: berwudu

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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
    • Laws of King Ine
      Ðonne mon bēam on wuda forbǣrne, ⁊ weorðe yppe on þone ðe hit dȳde, ġielde hē fulwīte: ġeselle LX sċill., forþamþe fȳr bið þēof.
      If a man burns up a tree in a forest, and it becomes known who did it, he shall pay a full fine: he shall pay sixty shillings, for fire is a thief.
    • c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham (tr.), Hexameron of St. Basil:
      Hwæt ðā God ġeworhte ðurh his wunderlīċan mihte eall nȳtencynn on heora cynrynum, and ðā wildan dēor ðe on wudum eardiað, and eall ðæt fīðerfōte byð of ðǣre foresǣdan eorðan, and eall wyrmcynn ðā ðe crēopende bēoð, and ðā reðan lēon, ðe hēr on lande ne bēoð, and ðā swiftan tigres, and ðā syllican pardes, and ðā eġeslīċan beran, and ðā ormǣtan ylpas.
      Then, through his wonderful might, God created all the kinds of animals according to their kinds, and the wild animals that dwell in the woods, and all the four-footed creatures of the aforementioned earth, and all the kinds of creeping worms, and the savage lions, which do not live here, and the swift tigers, and the marvelous leopards, and the fearful bears, and the huge elephants.
  3. tree

Declension

Strong u-stem:

singular plural
nominative wudu wuda
accusative wudu wuda
genitive wuda wuda
dative wuda wudum

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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