dou
Afrikaans edit
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Audio (file)
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dou (uncountable)
Dutch edit
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- douw (Hollandic, obsolete) (Stadsfries)
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dou
- (Holland, dialectal, colloquial) Obsolete form of du.
Usage notes edit
- Dou was considered to belong to a particularly low-status register, associated with the speech of lower-class speakers from certain Hollandic dialects. Early modern texts from Holland for a general audience typically used du if they used the archaic second person singular at all, but dou is well-attested in farces. In Stadsfries and Bildts (the Dutch dialects traditionally spoken in Frisia), dou is still widely used.
Galician edit
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dou
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dou
Limburgish edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
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dou
Mandarin edit
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dou
- Nonstandard spelling of dōu.
- Nonstandard spelling of dǒu.
- Nonstandard spelling of dòu.
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- 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.
Norman edit
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun edit
dou m (plural dous)
Old French edit
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dou
- Alternative form of del
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dou
Zhuang edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /tou˨˦/
- Tone numbers: dou1
- Hyphenation: dou
Etymology 1 edit
Pronoun edit
dou (Sawndip forms 杜 or 都 or 头, 1957–1982 spelling dou)
See also edit
Standard Zhuang personal pronouns | |||
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Person | Singular | Plural | |
1st | exclusive | gou | dou |
inclusive | raeuz | ||
2nd | mwngz | sou | |
3rd | de | gyoengqde |
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Tai *tuːᴬ (“door”). Compare Thai ประตู (bprà-dtuu).
Noun edit
dou (Sawndip forms 𫔯 or 都 or 偷, 1957–1982 spelling dou)