duku

See also: ɖuku

English

Noun

duku (plural dukus)

  1. Synonym of langsat (“the tree”).
  2. Synonym of langsat (“the fruit”).

Indonesian

Noun

duku (plural duku-duku)

  1. fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum
    Synonym: langsat

Descendants

  • → Dutch: doekoe

Further reading

Nupe

Etymology

From Hausa kūdaku, kūdàkū (“sweet potato”).[1]

Noun

dùkú (plural dùkúzhì)

  1. potato, sweet potato
    Synonym: kúkúǹdùkú

References

  1. ^ Roger Blench, Archaeology, Language, and the African Past →ISBN, 2006), page 230, The role of Hausa in diffusing terms for sweet potato

Further reading

  • A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Nupe Language (1864)

Rukai

Etymology

From Japanese 毒 (doku).

Noun

duku

  1. poison

Shona

Adjective

-dúku

  1. Karanga and Manyika form of -diki

Inflection

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Inflected forms of -dúku
singular plural
class 1 mudúku class 2 vadúku
class 3 mudúku class 4 midúku
class 5 dúku class 6 madúku
class 7 chidúku class 8 zvidúku
class 9 ndúku class 10 ndúku
class 11 rudúku
class 12 kadúku class 13 tudúku
class 14 udúku
class 15 kudúku
locative classes
class 16 class 17 class 18
padúku kudúku mudúku

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch doek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.ku/

Noun

duku

  1. cloth [from 18th c.]
  2. (slang) money
    Synonym: moni

Descendants

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