duk

See also: dük, dûk, dúḵ, -duk, and -dük

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Duduela with k as a placeholder.

Symbol

duk

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Uyajitaya.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Uyajitaya terms

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

See medio-passive voice form duket (it seems like, appears like).

Noun

duk

  1. virtue
  2. attribute

Verb

duk (aorist duk, participle dukur), active voice

  1. it seemed
  2. it looked like
  3. it appeared

Conjugation

(*): Gheg forms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duk/ [d̪uk]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uk
  • Hyphenation: duk

Etymology 1

Verb

duk

  1. Informal second-person singular masculine (hik), taking third-person singular (hura) as direct object, present indicative form of izan.
Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.

Etymology 2

Verb

duk

  1. Masculine allocutive form of da.

Danish

Verb

duk

  1. imperative of dukke

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch doek, from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *duok, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

duk (plural duk-duk)

  1. a piece of cloth:
    1. cloth menstrual pad
    2. (surgery, colloquial) drape

Further reading

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [doʔ]
  • Rhymes: -uk
  • Hyphenation: duk

Verb

duk

  1. (colloquial) aphetic form of duduk.
    Kau duk kat mana sekarang?
    Where do you live now?

Further reading

Mauritian Creole

Noun

duk

  1. alternative spelling of douk

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French duc, from Latin dux.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diu̯k/, /duk/

Noun

duk (plural dukes)

  1. leader, guide, boss
  2. commander, general
  3. noble, lord (especially of high rank)
  4. duke (rank of nobility)
    • p. 1154, “AD 1129”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 87, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2018 February 8:
      ſe an ƿæſ ᵹehaten petruſ · he ƿæſ munec of clunni ·⁊ ƿeaſ boren of þa ricceſte men of rome · mid him helden ða of rome ·⁊ ſe duc of ſicilie ·
      One was called Peter; he was a monk from Cluny who was descended from Rome's most powerful men. The people of Rome and the duke of Sicily sided with him.

Descendants

  • English: duke
  • Scots: duik, duke
  • Breton: duk
  • Cornish: duk
  • Irish: diúc
  • Manx: duic
  • Scottish Gaelic: diùc
  • Welsh: dug

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dúkr and Middle Low German duk.

Noun

duk m (definite singular duken, indefinite plural duker, definite plural dukene)

  1. a cloth, tablecloth, altar cloth, dropcloth etc.
  2. canvas, tarpaulin
  3. bandana, handkerchief
  4. metal sieve

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dúkr and Middle Low German duk.

Noun

duk m (definite singular duken, indefinite plural dukar, definite plural dukane)

  1. a cloth, tablecloth, altar cloth, dropcloth etc.
  2. canvas, tarpaulin
  3. bandana, handkerchief
  4. metal sieve

Derived terms

References

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *-Cuk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʊk/
  • Rhymes: -dʊk
  • Hyphenation: duk

Noun

duk

  1. stab, thrust
  2. while
  3. (black) fibre of the sugar palm

Derived terms

Adverb

duk

  1. just while

Further reading

  • "duk" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pangutaran Sama

Noun

duk

  1. garbage

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Ciszewski points to Bruckner Prace fil. VI page 625 and duczaja”)

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈduk/
  • Rhymes: -uk
  • Syllabification: duk
  • Homophone: Duk

Noun

duk m inan

  1. (Far Masovian) hole in a tree caused by decay
  2. (Far Masovian) barrel for holding grain
  3. (Kuyavia) synonym of studnia

Further reading

  • Stanisław Ciszewski (1909) “duk”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 205
  • Kazimierz Nitsch (1907) “duk”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 387

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse dúkr, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dwōg-, *dwōk-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʉːk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʉːk

Noun

duk c

  1. tablecloth; a similar piece of cloth used for protection or decoration of e.g. a chest of drawers
  2. (painting) canvas
  3. piece of cloth whose purpose is specified by the context
    Examples: halsduk, näsduk, segelduk

Declension

Declension of duk
nominative genitive
singular indefinite duk duks
definite duken dukens
plural indefinite dukar dukars
definite dukarna dukarnas

Further reading

Uzbek

Etymology

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

Noun

duk (plural duklar)

  1. rapping, banging, tapping, thumping noise
  2. spindle
    Synonym: yig

Declension

Declension of duk
singular plural
nominative duk duklar
genitive dukning duklarning
dative dukka duklarga
definite accusative dukni duklarni
locative dukda duklarda
ablative dukdan duklardan
similative dukdek duklardek
Possessive forms of duk
1st person singular
singular plural
nominative dukim duklarim
genitive dukimning duklarimning
dative dukimga duklarimga
definite accusative dukimni duklarimni
locative dukimda duklarimda
ablative dukimdan duklarimdan
similative dukimdek duklarimdek
2nd person singular
singular plural
nominative duking duklaring
genitive dukingning duklaringning
dative dukingga duklaringga
definite accusative dukingni duklaringni
locative dukingda duklaringda
ablative dukingdan duklaringdan
similative dukingdek duklaringdek
3rd person singular
singular plural
nominative duki duklari
genitive dukining duklarining
dative dukiga duklariga
definite accusative dukini duklarini
locative dukida duklarida
ablative dukidan duklaridan
similative dukidek duklaridek
1st person plural
singular plural
nominative dukimiz duklarimiz
genitive dukimizning duklarimizning
dative dukimizga duklarimizga
definite accusative dukimizni duklarimizni
locative dukimizda duklarimizda
ablative dukimizdan duklarimizdan
similative dukimizdek duklarimizdek
2nd person plural
singular plural
nominative dukingiz duklaringiz
genitive dukingizning duklaringizning
dative dukingizga duklaringizga
definite accusative dukingizni duklaringizni
locative dukingizda duklaringizda
ablative dukingizdan duklaringizdan
similative dukingizdek duklaringizdek
3rd person plural
singular plural
nominative duki duklari
genitive dukining duklarining
dative dukiga duklariga
definite accusative dukini duklarini
locative dukida duklarida
ablative dukidan duklaridan
similative dukidek duklaridek