madu

• IPA^(key): /ˈmadu/ [ˈmʌdʊ]
• Hyphenation: ma‧du

mádu m (feminine moltá)

1. male lion

• lubák (“lion”)

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “madu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

From Sanskrit मधु (mádhu).

madu (Balinese script ᬫᬥᬸ)

2. honey

From ma- +‎ adu.

madu (Balinese script ᬫᬤᬸ)

1. to fight

From Old Javanese madu, maru (“co-wife, jealous”).

madu (Balinese script ᬫᬤᬸ)

1. mistress, the other woman

• “madu” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

From Proto-Finnic *mato, see there for further etymology. Cognates include Finnish mato (“worm”), Votic mato, Ingrian mato, Livvi mado, Ludian mado and Veps mado.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑd̥u/, [ˈmɑd̥u]

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• Rhymes: -ɑdu
• Hyphenation: ma‧du

madu (genitive mao, partitive madu)

1. snake

   mürgised maod ― poisonous snakes

   maona looklev järjekord ― a winding queue (like a snake)

   Madu nõelas poissi jalga.

   The snake stung the boy's leg.

   Eestis esinevad madudest rästik ja nastik.

   The most common snakes in Estonia are the viper and the grass snake.

2. (figuratively) a mean, sneaky, deceitful person

Madu is commonly used for larger, poisonous snakes, whereas smaller snakes, that are native to Estonia, such as a viper or a grass snake are referred to as uss.

• uss

• madujas

• madu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “madu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

• IPA^(key): [ˈmadu]
• Hyphenation: ma‧du

Inherited from Malay madu, from Sanskrit मधु (mádhu).

madu (plural madu-madu)

1. honey
2. (figurative) sweet substance

Inherited from Malay madu, from Old Javanese madu, maru (“co-wife, jealous”) (compare Indonesian mendua). Comparable to Chinese 蜜 (mì, “honey, mistress”).

madu (plural madu-madu)

1. mistress, the other woman,
   1. in polygyny relation
   2. (figurative) in other type of relation

• madukara

• “madu” 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.

madu

1. romanization of ꦩꦢꦸ

From Sanskrit मधु (mádhu).

madu (Jawi spelling مادو, plural madu-madu)

1. honey

   Synonyms: air lebah, manisan lebah, misan, ningsan, nisan

Unknown, perhaps as semantic loan from Chinese 蜜 (mì, “honey, mistress”).

madu (plural madu-madu)

1. mistress or wife in a polygyny relation.
   1. (figurative) in other type of relation.

• Indonesian: madu

• Edi Sedyawati et al. (1994). Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini. Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia. pp. 73–4.
• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “مادو madoe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, pages 126-7
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “مادو madu”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 633
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “madu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 84-5

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

• IPA^(key): /ma.du/
• Homophone: madhu
• Hyphenation: ma‧du
• Rhymes: -du, -u

Affixed ro, rwa (“two”) +‎ ma- (“active verb prefix”).

madu

1. co-wife (in a polygamous marriage)

madu

1. jealous

• maru

• → Balinese: ᬫᬤᬸ (madu)
• >? Malay: madu
  • > Indonesian: madu (inherited)

Affixed adu (“to stand opposite; to face, to meet”) +‎ ma- (“active verb prefix”).

madu

1. to stand face to face

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

Ultimately from Sanskrit मधु (madhu).

madu (Sundanese script ᮙᮓᮥ)

1. honey