duka

duka

See also: Duka and düka

English

Etymology

From Swahili duka, from Arabic دُكَّان‎ (dukkān), from Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא‎ (dukkānā, “dais”), from Akkadian 𒆠𒍇 (/takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒆠𒍇 (/daggan/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”).

Noun

duka (plural dukas)

1. (Kenya) A shop, store.
   • 2012, Aidan Hartley, ‘Life at One Remove’, Literary Review 404:

     This series […] was the only interesting reading material you could find on the half-empty shelves of Nairobi dukas that called themselves bookshops but mostly sold school texts and dust-coated magazines.

Anagrams

• kuda

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: du‧ka

Adjective

duka

1. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
2. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.
3. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.

Verb

duka

1. To induce sleep; to make someone drowsy or lethargic.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay duka, from Pali dukkha, from Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkha).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

duka

1. sad

Synonyms

• sedih

Derived terms

• berduka
• duka cita
• duka nestapa
• duka ria
• kedukaan
• mendukai
• mendukakan

 

Further reading

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

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Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian duca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduː.ka/

Noun

duka m (plural duki, feminine dukessa)

1. duke

Related terms

• arċiduka
• dukali
• dukat
• granduka

 

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Manchu

Romanization

duka

1. Romanization of ᡩᡠᡴᠠ

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Mwani

Etymology

From Arabic دُكَّان‎ (dukkān), from Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא‎ (dukkānā, “dais”), from Akkadian 𒆠𒍇 (/takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒆠𒍇 (/daggan/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”)..

Noun

duka class 5 (plural maduka)

1. (Nsimbwa) shop

Synonyms

• lozya

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Pangasinan

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkha).

Noun

duká

1. beggar

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ka/
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: du‧ka

Verb

duka

1. third-person singular present of dukać

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Sakizaya

Noun

duka

1. wound; cut

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Sundanese

Verb

duka

1. in the state of ignorance
2. not knowing

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُكَّان‎ (dukkān), from Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא‎ (dukkānā, “dais”), from Akkadian 𒆠𒍇 (/takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒆠𒍇 (/daggan/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

duka (ma class, plural maduka)

1. shop (establishment that sells goods)

Descendants

• Kikuyu: nduka

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Swedish

Etymology

duk +‎ -a

Verb

duka (present dukar, preterite dukade, supine dukat, imperative duka)

1. to set (a table; to arrange with dishes and cutlery)

Conjugation

Conjugation of duka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	duka		dukas
Supine	dukat		dukats
Imperative	duka		—
Imper. plural1	duken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	dukar	dukade	dukas	dukades
Ind. plural1	duka	dukade	dukas	dukades
Subjunctive2	duke	dukade	dukes	dukades
	Participles
Present participle	dukande
Past participle	dukad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• duka av
• duka fram
• duka under
• duka upp
• dukning

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Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دوقه‎ (duka), from Italian duca, from Byzantine Greek δούκα (doúka).

Noun

duka (definite accusative dukayı, plural dukalar)

1. duke

   Synonym: dük

Derived terms

• dukalık (“duchy”)