duku

See also: ɖuku

Indonesian

Noun

duku (first-person possessive dukuku, second-person possessive dukumu, third-person possessive dukunya)

1. fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum

   Synonym: langsat

Descendants

• → Dutch: doekoe

Further reading

• “duku” 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.

Nupe

Dùkúzhì

Etymology

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

• Compare with Yoruba kúkúǹdùkú, ọ̀dùnkún

Noun

dùkú (plural dùkúzhì)

1. potato, sweet potato

   Synonym: kúkúǹdùkú

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

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	padúku	Class 17	kudúku	Class 18	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

• → Caribbean Javanese: duku
• → Dutch: doekoe