English edit

Noun edit

dui

  1. (obsolete) plural of duo

Anagrams edit

Big Nambas edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dui

  1. man

References edit

Corsican edit

Corsican cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dui
    Ordinal : secondu

Etymology edit

From Latin duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates include Italian due and Romanian doi.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdui/
  • Hyphenation: du‧i

Numeral edit

dui m (feminine duie)

  1. two

References edit

  • dui, duie” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Fiji Hindi edit

Etymology edit

From Bhojpuri दुइ (dui).

Numeral edit

dui

  1. two

References edit

Istriot edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin duo.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

dui

  1. two

Kalo Finnish Romani edit

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Kalo Finnish Romani numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: dui
    Ordinal: vauro, duito

Etymology edit

Inherited from Romani duj.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

dui

  1. (cardinal numbers) two[1][2]

References edit

  1. ^ duj” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  2. ^ Kimmo Granqvist (2011) “Numeraalit [Numerals]”, in Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani]‎[1] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved February 19, 2022, page 86

Mandarin edit

Romanization edit

dui

  1. Nonstandard spelling of duī.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of duǐ.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of duì.

Usage notes edit

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Old French edit

Numeral edit

dui

  1. nominative of deus
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 194, line 2455:
      Li dui frere i furent ocis
      The two brothers were killed there

Rohingya edit

Rohingya cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : dui

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit द्व (dva, two).

Numeral edit

dui (Hanifi spelling 𐴊𐴟𐴙)

  1. two

Sicilian edit

Sicilian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dui
    Ordinal : secunnu

Alternative forms edit

  • du (before a noun)
  • rui, ru (forms with rotacism)

Etymology edit

From Latin duae, feminine plural of duo.

Numeral edit

dui

  1. two
    du canitwo dogs
    Nni pigghiau dui.He/she took two (of them).

Southeastern Tepehuan edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with O'odham jui (a type of prickly pear).

Noun edit

dui

  1. plum

References edit

  • R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎[2] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 53

Ye'kwana edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Cariban *rui; compare Apalaí ryxi, rui, Kari'na yryi, yrui, Akawaio rui, Macushi rui, Pemon rui, Yao (South America) huoroye.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dui (obligatorily possessed; possessed dui)

  1. older brother (of a man)
  2. older male parallel cousin (of a man)

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “dui”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[3], Lyon, page 115
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    Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 62–65, 68