Wiktionary

duku

See also: ɖuku

Indonesian edit

Noun edit

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

  1. fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum
    Synonym: langsat

Descendants edit

  • → Dutch: doekoe

Further reading edit

Nupe edit

 
Dùkúzhì

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

dùkú (plural dùkúzhì)

  1. potato, sweet potato
    Synonym: kúkúǹdùkú

References edit

  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 edit

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

Rukai edit

Etymology edit

From Japanese 毒 (doku).

Noun edit

duku

  1. poison

Shona edit

Adjective edit

-dúku

  1. Karanga and Manyika form of -diki

Inflection edit

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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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dutch doek.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

duku

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

Descendants edit

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