duit
English
Noun
duit (plural duits)
- Alternative form of (historical) doit (“a small Dutch coin”)
- 1912, R.P. Jackson, “The Dominions, Emblems, and Coins of the South Indian Dynasties”, in British Numismatic Journal, page 319:
- The copper currency for a long time consisted almost entirely of Dutch “duits” or “challis,” which were exported for the eastern currency and circulated freely all along the western coast.
Betawi
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch duit (“a small Dutch coin”).
Noun
duit
Catalan
Pronunciation
Participle
duit (feminine duida, masculine plural duits, feminine plural duides)
- alternative form of dut
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch duit, of uncertain origin. Possibly borrowed from Old Norse þveit (“cut-off piece of metal, small coin, doit”), related to Old English þwītan (“to cut, cutt off”) (whence dialectal English thwite).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dœy̯t/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: duit
- Rhymes: -œy̯t
Noun
duit m (plural duiten, diminutive duitje n)
- (historical) a doit, a Dutch copper coin with the value of 1⁄160 of a guilder, current before the decimalization of 1816
- (informal, in the singular) an amount of money, a sum of money
- Zij kon daarmee een aardige duit verdienen.
- She could make a pretty penny from that.
- (informal, in the plural) money in general
- "Blijf met je gore klauwen van me duiten af", krijste de vrek.
- "Keep your filthy mitts of me moola," the miser shrieked.
Derived terms
- duitendief
- duitenkliever
- een duit in het zakje doen
- geen duit geven om
- spaarduit
- vierduitstuk
Descendants
- Afrikaans: duit
- → Caribbean Javanese: dhit, dhuwit
- → German: Deut
- → Javanese: ꦝꦸꦮꦶꦠ꧀ (dhuwit)
- → Kannada: ದುಡ್ಡು (duḍḍu)
- → Malay: duit
- → Malayalam: തുട്ട് (tuṭṭŭ)
- → Tamil: துட்டு (tuṭṭu)
Iban
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay duit, from Dutch duit (“a small Dutch coin”).
Noun
duit
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- doeit (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947))
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch duit (“a small Dutch coin”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈduit/ [ˈdu.ɪt̪̚]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -it
- Syllabification: du‧it
Noun
duit (plural duit-duit)
- (historical) a doit, a Dutch copper coin with the value of 1⁄120 of a rupiah
- (colloquial, informal) money
Derived terms
- berduit
- seduit
Descendants
- → Petjo: doewit
Further reading
- “duit” 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.
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Pronoun
duit (emphatic duitse)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 34
Javanese
Noun
duit
- nonstandard spelling of dhuwit
Latin
Verb
duit
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch duit (“a small Dutch coin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈduit/ [ˈdu.it̪̚]
- Rhymes: -it
Noun
duit (Jawi spelling دوءيت, plural duit-duit)
Derived terms
- duit belanja
- duit kopi
- duit tunai
Descendants
- Betawi: duit
- Indonesian: duit, doeit (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947))
- → Petjo: doewit
- → Cantonese: 鐳 / 镭 (leoi1)
- → Hokkien: 鐳 / 镭 (lui)
- → Teochew: 鐳 / 镭 (lui1)
- Iban: duit
Further reading
- “duit” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdyi̯t/
Noun
duit oblique singular, m (oblique plural duiz or duitz, nominative singular duiz or duitz, nominative plural duit)
- stream
- Un duit unt cler e pessuns denz,
E cil em prenent plus que cenz. (Voyage of St Brendan, ll. 799-800)
- Un duit unt cler e pessuns denz,
Related terms
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dutʲ/
Pronoun
duit
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| duit | duit pronounced with /ð-/ |
nduit |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪uʰtʲ/
Pronoun
duit
- alternative form of dhut
Sundanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch duit (“a small Dutch coin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /duˈit/, [duˈwit̪]
- Hyphenation: du‧it
Noun
duit (Sundanese script ᮓᮥᮄᮒ᮪)
- (historical) A doit, a Dutch copper coin with the value of 1⁄120 of a rupiah
- money (currency, medium of exchange)
- Ayeuna urang keur teu boga duit. ― Now, I don't have any money.
Derived terms
- buncir leuit loba duit
- diduitan
- duduitan
- duit pait
- ngaduitkeun
- piduit
Further reading
- "DOEWIT", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij