Romanization

duduCategory:Javanese non-lemma forms#DUDUCategory:Javanese romanizations#DUDUCategory:Javanese terms with redundant script codes#DUDUCategory:Javanese entries with incorrect language header#DUDUCategory:Pages with entries#DUDUCategory:Pages with 7 entries#DUDU

1. romanization of ꦢꦸꦢꦸ

Alternative forms

• duda (also used as a term of endearment)

Etymology

Singulative derivation from ArabicCategory:Maltese terms inherited from Arabic#DUDUCategory:Maltese terms derived from Arabic#DUDU دُود (dūd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduː.du/Category:Maltese 2-syllable words#DUDUCategory:Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation#DUDU
• Rhymes: -uːduCategory:Rhymes:Maltese/uːdu#DUDUCategory:Rhymes:Maltese/uːdu/2 syllables#DUDU

Noun

dudu m (singulative, plural dwied, paucal dudiet)Category:Maltese non-lemma forms#DUDUCategory:Maltese noun forms#DUDUCategory:Maltese singulative nouns#DUDUCategory:Maltese entries with incorrect language header#DUDUCategory:Pages with entries#DUDUCategory:Pages with 7 entries#DUDU

1. singulative of dud
   • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Profeta Ġona 4:7:

     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.

     Category:Maltese terms with quotations#DUDU

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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  Category:Swahili terms with audio pronunciation#DUDU

Noun

dudu class V (plural madudu class VI)Category:Swahili lemmas#DUDUCategory:Swahili nouns#DUDUCategory:Swahili entries with incorrect language header#DUDUCategory:Swahili class V nouns#DUDUCategory:Pages with entries#DUDUCategory:Pages with 7 entries#DUDU

1. augmentative of mduduCategory:Swahili augmentative nouns#DUDU: large insect

Etymology

From PersianCategory:Turkish terms borrowed from Persian#DUDUCategory:Turkish terms derived from Persian#DUDU طوطی.

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dudu]Category:Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation#DUDU
• Hyphenation: du‧du

Noun

dudu (definite accusative duduyu, plural dudular)Category:Turkish lemmas#DUDUCategory:Turkish nouns#DUDUCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#DUDUCategory:Pages with entries#DUDUCategory:Pages with 7 entries#DUDU

1. (archaicCategory:Turkish terms with archaic senses#DUDU, poeticCategory:Turkish poetic terms#DUDU) parrot

Etymology

From Proto-Meso-Melanesian *dudu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duⁿdu/Category:Uneapa terms with IPA pronunciation#DUDU

Noun

duduCategory:Uneapa lemmas#DUDUCategory:Uneapa nouns#DUDUCategory:Uneapa entries with incorrect language header#DUDUCategory:Pages with entries#DUDUCategory:Pages with 7 entries#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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪u.d̪u/Category:West Makian terms with IPA pronunciation#DUDU

Verb

duduCategory:West Makian lemmas#DUDUCategory:West Makian verbs#DUDUCategory:West Makian entries with incorrect language header#DUDUCategory:Pages with entries#DUDUCategory:Pages with 7 entries#DUDU

1. (intransitiveCategory:West Makian intransitive verbs#DUDU) to sink

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Alternative forms

• dídú
• dídún

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dú.dú/Category:Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation#DUDU

Adjective

dúdúCategory:Yoruba lemmas#DUDUCategory:Yoruba adjectives#DUDUCategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#DUDUCategory:Pages with entries#DUDUCategory:Pages with 7 entries#DUDU

1. black; dark; deep green; deep blue

   ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ dúdú

   green banana

   Category:Yoruba terms with usage examples#DUDU

   Ẹyẹ dúdú yẹn rẹwà ― That black bird is beautifulCategory:Yoruba terms with usage examples#DUDU

2. dark-skinned

   Antonym: pupa (“light-skinned”)

Noun

dúdúCategory:Yoruba lemmas#DUDUCategory:Yoruba nouns#DUDUCategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#DUDUCategory:Pages with entries#DUDUCategory:Pages with 7 entries#DUDU

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.

   Category:Yoruba terms with usage examples#DUDU

Verb

dúdúCategory:Yoruba lemmas#DUDUCategory:Yoruba verbs#DUDUCategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#DUDUCategory:Pages with entries#DUDUCategory:Pages with 7 entries#DUDU

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

   Synonym: dú

   Ẹyẹ yẹn dúdú ― That bird is blackCategory:Yoruba terms with usage examples#DUDU

   Ó ti dúdú sí i nítorí oòrùn tó pa á ― It has darkened due to sun damageCategory:Yoruba terms with usage examples#DUDU