daju
See also: dàjú
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdaju]
Verb
daju
Synonyms
- (first-person singular): dajom
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
daju (Cyrillic spelling дају)
- third-person plural present of davati
Ye'kwana
| ALIV | daju |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | daju |
| New Tribes | daju |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dahu]
Noun
daju
- a kind of thin bamboo used for making arrowheads
References
- Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “daju”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 219, 228, 388: “[da'hu] 'bamboo' […] da'hu 'bamboo' […] dahu - bamboo”
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “dahu”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
Yoruba
Etymology 1
From dá (“to be sharp, to be vocal”) + ojú (“face”), literally “to be vocal in the face”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dá.d͡ʒú/
Verb
dájú
Derived terms
- adájú (“wicked person”)
- ọ̀dájú (“callous person”)
- ìdájú (“heartlessness, wickedness”)
Etymology 2
Same as Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dá.d͡ʒú/
Verb
dájú
- to be sure of something, to be certain
- Synonym: dálójú
- ó dájú pé yóò jọba ― It is certain that he will be king
Derived terms
- ìdájú (“certainty”)
Adverb
dájú