indu

See also: indù

French

Etymology

From in- +‎ dû.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.dy/

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Adjective

indu (feminine indue, masculine plural indus, feminine plural indues)

1. unjustified, unwarranted, undue

Further reading

• “indu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /induʔ/
• Rhymes: -du
• Hyphenation: in‧du

Noun

indu

1. woman

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *indu. Doublet of induk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.du/
• Rhymes: -du
• Hyphenation: in‧du

Noun

indu (plural indu-indu, first-person possessive induku, second-person possessive indumu, third-person possessive indunya)

1. (dialect, Minangkabau) mother

Derived terms

• perinduan
• seperinduan

 

Further reading

• “indu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

indu

1. Romanization of ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *indu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdu/, [ɪnˈdu]
• Hyphenation: in‧du

Noun

indu

1. mother

Latin

Alternative forms

• en, endo (Old Latin)
• in (Classical Latin)

Etymology

Old Latin endo, from Proto-Italic *endo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dó (“in, inside, into”). Compare Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “in, within”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.du/, [ˈɪn̪d̪ʊ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.du/, [ˈin̪d̪u]

Preposition

indu (+ accusative, ablative) (Old Latin)

1. Archaic form of in (“in, within”).

Descendants

• Latin: in (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “indu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “indu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• indu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 807.
• indu in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 206

Lingala

Etymology

From French indium.

Noun

indu class 9 (plural indu class 10, colloquial plural baindu class 2)

1. (chemistry) indium

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit इन्दु (indu, “moon”).

Noun

indu

1. moon

Derived terms

• aṅindu

 

• induraśmi

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (indu) (inherited)

Further reading

• "indu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [inˈdu]

Verb

indu

1. second-person singular imperative of induce