Wiktionary

duku

See also: ɖuku

Indonesian

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Noun

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duku (first-person possessive dukuku, second-person possessive dukumu, third-person possessive dukunya)

  1. fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum
    Synonym: langsat

Descendants

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  • → Dutch: doekoe

Further reading

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Nupe

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Dùkúzhì

Etymology

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From Hausa kūdaku, kūdàkū (“sweet potato”).[1]

Noun

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dùkú (plural dùkúzhì)

  1. potato, sweet potato
    Synonym: kúkúǹdùkú

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  1. ^ Roger Blench, Archaeology, Language, and the African Past →ISBN, 2006), page 230, The role of Hausa in diffusing terms for sweet potato

Further reading

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

Rukai

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Etymology

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From Japanese 毒 (doku).

Noun

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duku

  1. poison

Shona

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Adjective

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-dúku

  1. Karanga and Manyika form of -diki

Inflection

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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 padúku Class 17 kudúku Class 18 mudúku

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch doek.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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duku

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

Descendants

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