duga

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Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈduɡaʔ/ [ˈd̪u.ɡaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: du‧ga

Noun

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dugà (Basahan spelling ᜇᜓᜄ)

  1. nectar
    Synonym: tagok
  2. sap
    Synonym: pulot

Cebuano

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Noun

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duga

  1. juice, nectar, sap
  2. (slang) sperm, semen

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse duga (to help, to suffice), from Proto-Germanic *duganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (to produce).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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duga (third person singular past indicative dugdi, supine dugað)

  1. to know how to
    Tey duga føroyskt.[2]
    They can speak Faroese.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of duga (group v-25)
infinitive duga
supine dugað
participle (a6)1 dugandi dugaður
present past
first singular dugi dugdi
second singular dugir dugdi
third singular dugir dugdi
plural duga dugdu
imperative
singular duga!
plural dugið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  2. ^ W. B. Lockwood: An Introduction to Modern Faroese. Tórshavn: Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur, 3rd printing 1977 p. 152

Further reading

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"duga" at Sprotin.fo

Higaonon

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Etymology

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Akin to Cebuano duga.

Noun

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duga

  1. honey

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse duga (to help, to suffice), from Proto-Germanic *duganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (to produce).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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duga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dugði, supine dugað) or
duga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dugaði, supine dugað)

  1. to suffice, to be enough, to do the trick
    Þetta dugir mér.
    This is enough for me.
    Mig vantar blað.. Þetta umslag dugar alveg.
    I need a piece of paper.. This old envelope will do the trick!
  2. to be fit

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Indonesian

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Verb

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duga (used in the form menduga)

  1. To gauge. (clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. To guess.

Malay

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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duga (Jawi spelling ندوݢ)

  1. to guess
    Synonyms: agak, sangka, teka
  2. to measure or gauge the depth of a body of water
    Synonyms: ajuk, ukur
  3. to test
    Synonyms: ukur, uji

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: duga

Further reading

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse duga.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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duga (present tense duger, past tense dugde, past participle dugt/dugd, passive infinitive dugast, present participle dugande, imperative dug)

  1. help, be useful; be good enough; work
    Dette duger ikkje. Me lyt freista noko anna.
    This doesn't work. We'll have to try something else.
  2. be skilled enough
    Er du viss på at dei duger til jobben?
    Are you sure that they are skilled enough for the job?

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *duganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰówgʰe, from the root *dʰewgʰ- (to produce).

Verb

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duga (singular past indicative dugði, plural past indicative dugðu, past participle dugat)

  1. to help, aid
  2. to do, suffice
    hefir oss þó dugat þessi átrúnaðr
    but this faith has served us well
    fátt er svá illt at einugi dugi
    few things are utterly useless
    mun þér eigi þat duga at sofa hér
    it will not do (is not safe) for thee to sleep here
  3. to show prowess, do good service
    dugði hverr sem hann mátti
    everyone did his best
  4. to suffice, be strong enough
    ef vitni duga
    if the witness fail not

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • duga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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duga f

  1. (Kuyavia) Synonym of dźwig
    wziąć na dugęto lift

Derived terms

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verbs

Further reading

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  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “dugować”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 270

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dǫga.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dúga f (Cyrillic spelling ду́га)

  1. rainbow
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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duga

  1. inflection of dug:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Noun

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duga

  1. genitive singular of dug

Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin doga. Compare Italian doga. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Latin -ŏ-?”)

Noun

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duga f (plural dughi)

  1. stave (narrow strip of wood forming barrels, buckets, etc.)

Descendants

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References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1327: “la doga” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “duga e dua”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1429
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “duga”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 2, page 59

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish dugha, from Old Norse duga, from Proto-Germanic *duganą. The (formerly) colloquial strong declension mirrors the declensions of words like suga and ljuga.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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duga (present duger, preterite dugde or dög, supine dugt or dugit, imperative dug)

  1. suffice, be good (or skilled) enough; be acceptable; be useful for
    Om den dög åt din syster, så duger den åt dig.
    If it was good enough for your sister, then it'll be good enough for you.
    Den här duger ingenting till.
    This is good for nothing.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Ternate

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Adverb

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duga

  1. only, merely

Synonyms

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Venda

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Verb

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duga

  1. to burn