duda

• IPA^(key): /ˈduda/ [ˈd̪u.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -uda
• Syllabification: du‧da

duda f (plural dudes)

1. alternative form of dulda

Borrowed from Spanish duda, from dudar, from Latin dubitāre.

duda

1. an uncertainty; doubt; disbelief
2. coffee senna (Senna occidentalis)

duda

1. to doubt; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect

Controversial origin.

• From a Slavic language; compare Czech dudy (“bagpipe”).
• From dúdol (“to hum”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdudɒ]

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• Hyphenation: du‧da
• Rhymes: -dɒ

duda (plural dudák)

1. horn (sound-making apparatus)
2. bagpipe
3. (slang) hooter (a woman's breast)

• duda in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• duda in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Inherited from Old Spanish dubda (“doubt”).

duda f (Hebrew spelling דודה)^[1]

1. doubt (misgiving)
   • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎^[1], page 190:

     Vered, viendo ke eyos no se estavan emosionando, i ke estavan en duda, se kedó en duda i eya.

     Vered was left in doubt, seeing that they were unexcited, and that they were in doubt.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Folkmasa‎^[2]:

     El ignorante non tiene duda porke entiende poko de nada

     The ignorant have no doubt because they understand little about anything.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

duda (Hebrew spelling דודה)

1. third-person singular present indicative of dudar

duda

1. saliva; spittle

• IPA^(key): /duda/
• Rhymes: -uda, -da, -a

duda (Jawi spelling دودا, plural duda-duda)

1. widower; a man who has lost his wife whether by divorce or through her death

• Indonesian: duda

• balu / janda / randa
• yatim

• “duda” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

See the main lemma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːda/

duda f (singulative, collective dud, plural dwied, paucal dudiet)

1. alternative form of dudu (“worm”)

duda f (plural dudiet)

1. a term of endearment

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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• Rhymes: -uda
• Syllabification: du‧da
• Homophone: Duda

duda f

1. (music) bagpipe

   Synonyms: gajdy, (proscribed) kobza, (regional) kozioł

2. (music) hornpipe

duda m pers

1. (music) bagpiper

   Synonyms: (archaic) dudarz, dudziarz

duda m animal

1. (derogatory) oaf, slouch

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:niezdara

• duda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “duda”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 27

• IPA^(key): [ˈduda]

duda f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of dudă

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪̊ɤd̪̊ə/^[1]

duda?

1. (Lewis, informal) huh? pardon?

• dè rud? (Uist)
• diorta? (Harris)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /dúːda/

dȗda f

1. pacifier (for a baby)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	dúda
gen. sing.	dúde
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	dúda	dúdi	dúde
genitive (rodȋlnik)	dúde	dúd	dúd
dative (dajȃlnik)	dúdi	dúdama	dúdam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	dúdo	dúdi	dúde
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	dúdi	dúdah	dúdah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	dúdo	dúdama	dúdami

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /dùːda/, /dúːda/

dūda

1. (rare) nominative singular of dúde

Singular and dual forms are rarely used.

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	dúda
gen. sing.	dúde
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	dúda	dúdi	dúde
genitive (rodȋlnik)	dúde	dúd	dúd
dative (dajȃlnik)	dúdi	dúdama	dúdam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	dúdo	dúdi	dúde
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	dúdi	dúdah	dúdah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	dúdo	dúdama	dúdami

• IPA^(key): /ˈduda/ [ˈd̪u.ð̞a]

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• Rhymes: -uda
• Syllabification: du‧da

Inherited from Old Spanish dubda (“doubt”).

duda f (plural dudas)

1. doubt

   no ofrece dudas ― there’s no doubt

   no admite dudas ― there’s no doubt

   Me quedé con una duda. ― I was left doubting.

   arrojar dudas sobre algo ― raise doubts about something

   ofrecer dudas ― raise doubts

   suscitar dudas ― raise doubts

   • 1877, Francisco Miralles, Desde Júpiter:

     Solamente haremos notar, que al esponer a Uds. la estraña anomalía de fumar tabaco cuando se conoce el vapor, el telégrafo i la imprenta, no era nuestra mente arrojar dudas acerca de lo que con tanta justicia acaba de esponerse, esto es, que el desarrollo de los mundo se hace simultáneamente para todos los conocimientos, pero siguiendo órdenes diferentes, segun la naturaleza del planeta.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. second thought

• dubda (obsolete)

duda

1. inflection of dudar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “duda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “duda”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN
• “duda”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “duda” in Diccionario panhispánico del español jurídico, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2023.

Borrowed from Spanish duda, from dudar, from Latin dubitare.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈduda/ [ˈd̪uː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -uda
• Syllabification: du‧da

duda (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇ)

1. doubt; uncertainty

   Synonyms: alinlangan, pag-aalinlangan

2. apprehension

   Synonyms: pangamba, kaba

• dudoso

duda (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇ)

1. doubting; in doubt

   Synonym: nag-aalinlangan

2. apprehensive

   Synonyms: nangangamba, kinakabahan

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-duda

1. to dance (tribal)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Borrowed from Spanish duda.

duda

1. doubt

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-duda

1. to flatter, to humour
2. to indulge, to spoil
3. to excite, to arouse (anger or sexual)

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “duda”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “duda (6.3)”