sudo

See also: Sudo, Sudō, sudó, sudò, and sūdo

English

Etymology

Originally understood as a blend of superuser +‎ do, now has evolved to be an abbreviation of substitute user, do.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.duː/, (proscribed, spelling pronunciation) /ˈsuː.doʊ/, (proscribed, spelling pronunciation) /ˈsuː.dəʊ/

Noun

sudo (uncountable)

1. (computing) A Unix command that allows a user to run a program with the security privileges of another user.

Verb

sudo (third-person singular simple present sudos, present participle sudoing, simple past and past participle sudoed)

1. (computing) To invoke such a command.

Asturian

Verb

sudo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sudar

Esperanto

Etymology

From English south, French sud, German Süden, Italian sud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsudo/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -udo
• Hyphenation: su‧do

Noun

sudo (uncountable, accusative sudon)

1. south

Alternative forms

• S, Su (abbreviation)

Antonyms

• nordo (“north”)

Derived terms

• suda (“southern”)
• sudano (“southerner”)

See also

compass points: kompasdirektoj:  ^[edit]

nordokcidento norduesto	nordo	nordoriento nordeosto
okcidento uesto		oriento eosto
sudokcidento suduesto	sudo	sudoriento sudeosto

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto sudo, English south, French sud, German Süden, Italian sud, Spanish sur, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsudo/

Noun

sudo (uncountable)

1. (geography) south

   Antonym: nordo

Alternative forms

• S (abbreviation)

Coordinate terms

compass points:  ^[edit]

nord-westo	nordo	nord-esto
westo		esto
sud-westo	sudo	sud-esto

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.do/
• Rhymes: -udo
• Hyphenation: sù‧do

Verb

sudo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sudare

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- (“to sweat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.doː/, [ˈs̠uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.do/, [ˈsuːd̪o]

Verb

sūdō (present infinitive sūdāre, perfect active sūdāvī, supine sūdātum); first conjugation

1. to sweat, perspire

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sūdō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sūdō		sūdās		sūdat		sūdāmus		sūdātis		sūdant
	imperfect	sūdābam		sūdābās		sūdābat		sūdābāmus		sūdābātis		sūdābant
	future	sūdābō		sūdābis		sūdābit		sūdābimus		sūdābitis		sūdābunt
	perfect	sūdāvī		sūdāvistī, sūdāstī1		sūdāvit, sūdāt1		sūdāvimus, sūdāmus1		sūdāvistis, sūdāstis1		sūdāvērunt, sūdārunt, sūdāvēre1
	pluperfect	sūdāveram, sūdāram1		sūdāverās, sūdārās1		sūdāverat, sūdārat1		sūdāverāmus, sūdārāmus1		sūdāverātis, sūdārātis1		sūdāverant, sūdārant1
	future perfect	sūdāverō, sūdārō1		sūdāveris, sūdāris1		sūdāverit, sūdārit1		sūdāverimus, sūdārimus1		sūdāveritis, sūdāritis1		sūdāverint, sūdārint1
passive	present	sūdor		sūdāris, sūdāre		sūdātur		sūdāmur		sūdāminī		sūdantur
	imperfect	sūdābar		sūdābāris, sūdābāre		sūdābātur		sūdābāmur		sūdābāminī		sūdābantur
	future	sūdābor		sūdāberis, sūdābere		sūdābitur		sūdābimur		sūdābiminī		sūdābuntur
	perfect	sūdātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sūdātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sūdātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sūdem		sūdēs		sūdet		sūdēmus		sūdētis		sūdent
	imperfect	sūdārem		sūdārēs		sūdāret		sūdārēmus		sūdārētis		sūdārent
	perfect	sūdāverim, sūdārim1		sūdāverīs, sūdārīs1		sūdāverit, sūdārit1		sūdāverīmus, sūdārīmus1		sūdāverītis, sūdārītis1		sūdāverint, sūdārint1
	pluperfect	sūdāvissem, sūdāssem1		sūdāvissēs, sūdāssēs1		sūdāvisset, sūdāsset1		sūdāvissēmus, sūdāssēmus1		sūdāvissētis, sūdāssētis1		sūdāvissent, sūdāssent1
passive	present	sūder		sūdēris, sūdēre		sūdētur		sūdēmur		sūdēminī		sūdentur
	imperfect	sūdārer		sūdārēris, sūdārēre		sūdārētur		sūdārēmur		sūdārēminī		sūdārentur
	perfect	sūdātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sūdātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		sūdā		—		—		sūdāte		—
	future	—		sūdātō		sūdātō		—		sūdātōte		sūdantō
passive	present	—		sūdāre		—		—		sūdāminī		—
	future	—		sūdātor		sūdātor		—		—		sūdantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		sūdāre			sūdārī			sūdāns			—
future		sūdātūrum esse			sūdātum īrī			sūdātūrus			sūdandus
perfect		sūdāvisse, sūdāsse1			sūdātum esse			—			sūdātus
future perfect		—			sūdātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		sūdātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		sūdandī		sūdandō		sūdandum		sūdandō		sūdātum		sūdātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• sūdārium

Related terms

• sūdor

Descendants

• Aromanian: asud, asudari
• Asturian: sudar
• Catalan: suar
• Franco-Provençal: suar
• French: suer
• Friulian: sudâ
• Galician: suar
• Italian: sudare
• Neapolitan: sodare
• Occitan: susar, sudar, suar
• Piedmontese: strasuvé
• Portuguese: suar
• Romanian: asuda, asudare
• Romansch: suar
• Sicilian: sudari
• Spanish: sudar
• Venetan: suar, sudar
• → English: sudate

References

• “sudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• schuldà (Rumantsch Grischun)
• schuldau (Sursilvan)
• suldo (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• schuldo (Sutsilvan)
• sudà (Vallader)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sudo m (plural sudos)

1. (Puter) soldier

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsudo/ [ˈsu.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -udo
• Syllabification: su‧do

Verb

sudo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sudar

Ternate

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀuq, from Proto-Austronesian *suʀuq (“to call on a person to do something”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.do/

Verb

sudo

1. (transitive) to ask, to order

Conjugation

Conjugation of sudo

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tosudo	fosudo	misudo
2nd person		nosudo	nisudo
3rd person	masculine	osudo	isudo yosudo (archaic)
	feminine	mosudo
	neuter	isudo

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh