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adu

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "adu"

Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Aduge.

Symbol

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adu

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

See also

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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈadu/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -adu
  • Syllabification: a‧du

Verb

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adu

  1. imperative of adi

Gun

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Gbe *aɖú.[1] Cognates include Fon aɖǔ, Saxwe Gbe aɖú and Aja (East Africa) aɖu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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adú (plural adú lẹ́) (Nigeria)

  1. tooth

References

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  1. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991), A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York; Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 224

Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔá.dú/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔá.dɪ́]

Noun

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adu f (possessed form adun)

  1. smallpox

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɒdu]
  • Rhymes: -du
  • Hyphenation: adu
  • Syllabification: a‧du

Noun

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adu (plural aduk)

  1. (card games) trump (the suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative adu aduk
accusative adut adukat
dative adunak aduknak
instrumental aduval adukkal
causal-final aduért adukért
translative aduvá adukká
terminative aduig adukig
essive-formal aduként adukként
essive-modal — —
inessive aduban adukban
superessive adun adukon
adessive adunál aduknál
illative aduba adukba
sublative adura adukra
allative aduhoz adukhoz
elative aduból adukból
delative aduról adukról
ablative adutól aduktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		adué aduké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		aduéi adukéi
Possessive forms of adu
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. adum aduim
2nd person sing. adud aduid
3rd person sing. aduja adui
1st person plural adunk aduink
2nd person plural adutok aduitok
3rd person plural adujuk aduik

Further reading

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  • adu in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • adu in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Malay adu, from Classical Malay ادو (adu), from Old Malay hadu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *adu (“compete, confront in a contest”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈadu/
  • Hyphenation: adu

Verb

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adu

  1. basic form of mengadu

Conjugation

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Conjugation of adu (meng-, ber-, transitive)
root adu
active passive basic
imperative 		emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative mengadu, beradu teradu diadu adu adulah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2 mengadukan teradukan diadukan adukan adukanlah
causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2 memperadukan diperadukan peradukan

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Noun

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adu

  1. competition
    Synonyms: lomba, saing, tanding
  2. cockfight
    Synonyms: sabung, tarung ayam

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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adu

  1. romanization of ꦲꦢꦸ

Latvian

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Verb

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adu

  1. first-person singular present indicative of adīt

Limos Kalinga

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hadu, from Proto-Austronesian *Sadu. Cognate with Puyuma sadru and Yami aro.

Adjective

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adú

  1. many

Malay

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈadu/
  • Hyphenation: adu

Etymology 1

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From Classical Malay ادو (adu), from Old Malay hadu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *adu (“compete, confront in a contest”). See beradu.

Verb

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adu

  1. to compete, to contest.
    Mereka sedang adu tenaga.
    They are currently competing in strength.
  2. to fight.
    Dia adu musuhnya seorang diri.
    He fought his enemy alone.
  3. to complain

Noun

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adu (plural adu-adu)

  1. competition; usually as peraduan.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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adu

  1. (Palace Malay, poetic) to sleep. See beradu.

Further reading

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  • "adu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
    (also see "adu" at PRPM first version)

Middle Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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adu

  1. soft mutation of gadu

Mutation

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Mutated forms of gadu
radical soft nasal aspirate
gadu adu gadu
pronounced with /ŋ-/		 unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Mokilese

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Mokilese numbers (edit)
 ←  8 9
    General: duoaw
    Animate: dohmen
    Long objects: dohpas
    Pieces: dohkij
    Serial counting number: adu
    General ordinal: kaduoaw
    Animate ordinal: kadohmen
    Long objects ordinal: kadohpas
    Pieces ordinal: kadohkij

Etymology

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e- (“one”) +‎ doh- (“nine”).

Numeral

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adu

  1. the numeral nine (a serial counting number, not actually used to count nouns)

References

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  • Harrison, Sheldon P. (1976), Mokilese Reference Grammar‎[1], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, page 95

Northern Kurdish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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adu m (Arabic spelling ئادو)

  1. alternative form of edû (“enemy; rival”)

Declension

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Declension of adu
definite masculine gender
case singular plural
nominative adu adu
construct aduyê aduyên
oblique aduyî aduyan
demonstrative oblique wî aduyî wan aduyan
vocative aduyo aduyino
indefinite masculine gender
case singular plural
nominative aduyek aduyin
construct aduyekî aduyine
oblique aduyekî aduyinan

References

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “adu”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 2

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *adu (“compete, confront in a contest”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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adu

  1. to stand opposite
  2. to face, to meet

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • > Javanese: ꦲꦢꦸ (adu)

Further reading

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

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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adu

  1. second-person singular imperative of aduce

Tarifit

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Berber.

    Pronunciation

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    • (Nador) IPA(key): [ɛ.dʊ]
    • Syllabification: a‧du
    • Rhymes: -ʊ

    Preposition

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    adu (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⵓ)

    1. under
      Synonym: sadu
      D adu tefřewt ― It's under the wood.

    Usage notes

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    Nouns following this preposition are placed in the annexed state.

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    Ternate

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    Pronunciation

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    adu

    1. spleen

    References

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    • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

    Torricelli

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    Noun

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    adu

    1. a type of mushroom

    References

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    • Drinfeld, Andrey. 2023. Aro-English / English-Aro Dictionary. Ms. 112pp.

    West Makian

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    Pronunciation

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    adu

    1. (transitive) to fell a tree
      Synonym: telo

    Conjugation

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    Conjugation of adu (action verb)
    singular plural
    inclusive exclusive
    1st person taadu maadu aadu
    2nd person naadu faadu
    3rd person inanimate iadu daadu
    animate
    imperative naadu, adu faadu, adu

    References

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    • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[2], Pacific linguistics
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