dudu

See also: Dudu, duðu, dúdú, dūdu, dūdū, and đu đủ

Javanese

Romanization

dudu

1. Romanization of ꦢꦸꦢꦸ

Maltese

Alternative forms

• duda (also used as a term of endearment)

Etymology

Singulative derivation from Arabic دُود (dūd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduː.du/

Noun

dudu m (singulative, plural dwied, paucal dudiet)

1. singulative of dud
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     imma kif sebaħ l-għada, Alla bagħat dudu li mess is-siġra u din nixfet.

     New International Version translation: But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

dudu (ma class, plural madudu)

1. Augmentative of mdudu: large insect

Turkish

Etymology

From Persian طوطی.

Compare Middle Armenian թութակ (tʻutʻak), Arabic طُوطَق (ṭūṭaq, “parrot”), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dudu]
• Hyphenation: du‧du

Noun

dudu (definite accusative duduyu, plural dudular)

1. (archaic, poetic) parrot

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	dudu
Definite accusative	duduyu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dudu	dudular
Definite accusative	duduyu	duduları
Dative	duduya	dudulara
Locative	dududa	dudularda
Ablative	dududan	dudulardan
Genitive	dudunun	duduların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular dudum dudularım 2nd singular dudun duduların 3rd singular dudusu duduları 1st plural dudumuz dudularımız 2nd plural dudunuz dudularınız 3rd plural duduları duduları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular dudumu dudularımı 2nd singular dudunu dudularını 3rd singular dudusunu dudularını 1st plural dudumuzu dudularımızı 2nd plural dudunuzu dudularınızı 3rd plural dudularını dudularını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular duduma dudularıma 2nd singular duduna dudularına 3rd singular dudusuna dudularına 1st plural dudumuza dudularımıza 2nd plural dudunuza dudularınıza 3rd plural dudularına dudularına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular dudumda dudularımda 2nd singular dudunda dudularında 3rd singular dudusunda dudularında 1st plural dudumuzda dudularımızda 2nd plural dudunuzda dudularınızda 3rd plural dudularında dudularında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular dudumdan dudularımdan 2nd singular dudundan dudularından 3rd singular dudusundan dudularından 1st plural dudumuzdan dudularımızdan 2nd plural dudunuzdan dudularınızdan 3rd plural dudularından dudularından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular dudumun dudularımın 2nd singular dudunun dudularının 3rd singular dudusunun dudularının 1st plural dudumuzun dudularımızın 2nd plural dudunuzun dudularınızın 3rd plural dudularının dudularının

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Meso-Melanesian *dudu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duⁿdu/

Noun

dudu

1. cassowary

Further reading

• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪u.d̪u/

Verb

dudu

1. (intransitive) to sink

Conjugation

Conjugation of dudu (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		todudu	modudu	adudu
2nd person		nodudu	fodudu
3rd person	inanimate	idudu	dodudu
	animate
imperative		nududu, dudu	fududu, dudu

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• dídú
• dídún

Etymology

From dídú, partial reduplication of dú (“to be black or dark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dú.dú/

Adjective

dúdú

1. black; dark; deep green; deep blue

   ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ dúdú

   green banana

   Ẹyẹ dúdú yẹn rẹwà ― That black bird is beautiful

2. dark-skinned

   Antonym: pupa (“light-skinned”)

Noun

dúdú

1. blackness; black colour
2. something that is black or dark in colour

   Aṣọ wo lẹ fẹ́ rà? Dúdú ni mo fẹ́.

   Which textile do you want to buy? I want the black one.

Verb

dúdú

1. to be black, dark, deep green or deep blue

   Synonym: dú

   Ẹyẹ yẹn dúdú ― That bird is black

   Ó ti dúdú sí i nítorí oòrùn tó pa á ― It has darkened due to sun damage

Derived terms

• dúdú osùn
• ewédú (“jute mallow; ewedu soup”)
• fi dúdú pe funfun (“to be dishonest”)
• ọṣẹ dúdú (“black soap”)