duku
See also: ɖuku
Indonesian
Noun
duku (first-person possessive dukuku, second-person possessive dukumu, third-person possessive dukunya)
- fruit of the tree Lansium parasiticum, syn. Lansium domesticum
- Synonym: langsat
Descendants
- → Dutch: doekoe
Further reading
- “duku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Nupe
Dùkúzhì
Etymology
From Hausa kūdaku, kūdàkū (“sweet potato”).[1]
- Compare with Yoruba kúkúǹdùkú
Noun
dùkú (plural dùkúzhì)
- potato, sweet potato
References
- Roger Blench, Archaeology, Language, and the African Past →ISBN, 2006), page 230, The role of Hausa in diffusing terms for sweet potato
Further reading
- A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Nupe Language (1864)
Rukai
Etymology
From Japanese 毒 (doku).
Noun
duku
- poison
Shona
Adjective
-dúku
- Karanga and Manyika form of -diki
Inflection
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
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch doek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdu.ku/
Noun
duku
- cloth [from 18th c.]
- (slang) money
- Synonym: moni
Descendants
- → Caribbean Javanese: duku
- → Dutch: doekoe