adu
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "adu"
Pronunciation
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Verb
adu
- imperative of adi
Alternative forms
- aɖú (Benin)
Etymology
From Proto-Gbe *aɖú. Cognates include Fon aɖǔ, Saxwe Gbe aɖú, Aja aɖu
Pronunciation
Noun
adú (plural adú lẹ́) (Nigeria)
Pronunciation
Noun
adu f (possessed form adun)
Pronunciation
Noun
adu (plural aduk)
- trump (the suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others)
Declension
| 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 |
Further reading
- adu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: 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 2024).
Alternative forms
- adoe (pre-1947)
Etymology
From Malay adu, from Classical Malay ادو (adu), from Old Malay hadu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *adu (“compete, confront in a contest”).
Pronunciation
Verb
adu
Conjugation
| Conjugation of adu (meng-, ber-, transitive) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root | adu | ||||
| Active | Involuntary | Passive | Basic / Imperative |
Jussive | |
| Active | mengadu, beradu | teradu | diadu | adu | adulah |
| Locative | |||||
| Causative / Applicative1 | mengadukan | teradukan | diadukan | adukan | adukanlah |
| Causative | |||||
| Locative | |||||
| Causative / Applicative1 | memperadukan | diperadukan | peradukan | ||
| 1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning. | |||||
Noun
adu
- competition
- Synonym: lomba
- cockfight
Derived terms
- adu bagong
- adu banteng
- adu cepat
- adu jangkrik
- adu jotos
- adu kambing
- adu kekuatan
- adu lari
- adu lengan
- adu mulut
- adu nasib
- adu pagar
- adu pandang
- adu penalti
Further reading
- “adu” 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.
Verb
adu
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hadu, from Proto-Austronesian *Sadu. Cognate with Puyuma sadru and Yami aro.
Adjective
adú
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Classical Malay ادو (adu), from Old Malay hadu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *adu (“compete, confront in a contest”). See beradu.
Verb
adu
Noun
adu (plural adu-adu, informal 1st possessive aduku, 2nd possessive adumu, 3rd possessive adunya)
- competition; usually as peraduan.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
adu
Further reading
- “adu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Pronunciation
Noun
adu m (Arabic spelling ئادو)
- Alternative form of edû (“enemy; rival”)
Declension
Declension of adu
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “adu”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 2
Pronunciation
Verb
adu
Preposition
adu (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⵓ)
- under, underneath
- Synonym: sadu
- adu tfřewt
- Under the wood.
Pronunciation
Noun
adu
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Noun
adu
- a type of mushroom
References
- Drinfeld, Andrey. 2023. Aro-English / English-Aro Dictionary. Ms. 112pp.
Pronunciation
Verb
adu
- (transitive) to fell a tree
- Synonym: telo
Conjugation
References
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