duku

See also: ɖuku

English

Noun

duku (plural dukus)

1. Synonym of langsat (“the tree”)
2. Synonym of langsat (“the fruit”)

Indonesian

Noun

duku (plural duku-duku)

1. fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum

   Synonym: langsat

Descendants

• → Dutch: doekoe

Further reading

• “duku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Nupe

Dùkúzhì

Etymology

From Hausa kūdaku, kūdàkū (“sweet potato”).

• Compare with Yoruba kúkúǹdùkú, ọ̀dùnkún

Noun

dùkú (plural dùkúzhì)

1. potato, sweet potato

   Synonym: kúkúǹdùkú

Further reading

• A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Nupe Language (1864)

Rukai

Etymology

From Japanese 毒 (doku).

Noun

duku

1. poison

Shona

Adjective

-dúku

1. Karanga and Manyika form of -diki

Inflection

Inflected forms of -dúku

singular		plural
class 1	mudúku	class 2	vadúku
class 3	mudúku	class 4	midúku
class 5	dúku	class 6	madúku
class 7	chidúku	class 8	zvidúku
class 9	ndúku	class 10	ndúku
class 11	rudúku
class 12	kadúku	class 13	tudúku
class 14	udúku
class 15	kudúku
locative classes
class 16	class 17	class 18
padúku	kudúku	mudúku

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch doek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ku/

Noun

duku

1. cloth [from 18th c.]
2. (slang) money

   Synonym: moni

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: duku
• → Dutch: doekoe