dadu

dadu m (plural dados)

1. die (polyhedron with symbols on each side)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdadu/ [ˈda.du]
• Rhymes: -adu
• Syllabification: da‧du

From Malay dadu (“die”), from Portuguese dado (“die”), from Old Galician-Portuguese dado, itself from a Vulgar Latin *dadu, of uncertain origin; possibly from Classical Arabic أَعْدَاد (ʔaʕdād, “numbers”), or from Latin datum.

dadu (plural dadu-dadu)

1. (gaming) die, a regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance
2. cube

   Synonym: kubus

Borrowed from Javanese ꦢꦢꦸ (dadu, “pink”), from Old Javanese dadu (“pink, pale red”).

dadu (comparative lebih dadu, superlative paling dadu)

1. pink

   Synonym: merah muda

Borrowed from Balinese [Term?].

dadu (plural dadu-dadu)

1. (agriculture) rice planting season (around October)

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

Borrowed from Spanish arado.

dadu

1. plough; plow

dadu

1. third-person plural imperfect active of dadāti (“to give”)

Borrowed from Portuguese dado.

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dadu class V (plural madadu class VI)

1. die (polyhedron with symbols on each side)
2. a game of dice