nduk

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *duk-, from Proto-Indo-European *deuk- (“to draw”). Cognate to Gothic tiuhan (“to draw”).[1]

Verb[edit]

nduk (aorist nduka, participle ndukur)

  1. to pluck out, pull out, tear

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nduk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 288

Further reading[edit]

  • “nduk”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Zhuang[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

nduk (Sawndip forms 𰘙 or ⿱𥫗腐 or ⿰毒独 or 蝳 or ⿰腐各 or 浞 or 柮 or ⿰出朽 or 𭫆 or 凟 or ⿱奴灬 or 𰪋 or 𠯿 or 梇 or ⿱烂独, 1957–1982 spelling ƌuk)

  1. to rot; to decay

Adjective[edit]

nduk (Sawndip forms 𰘙 or ⿱𥫗腐 or ⿰毒独 or 蝳 or ⿰腐各 or 浞 or 柮 or ⿰出朽 or 𭫆 or 凟 or ⿱奴灬 or 𰪋 or 𠯿 or 梇 or ⿱烂独, 1957–1982 spelling ƌuk)

  1. rotten; decayed
  2. vicious; ruthless; malicious; malevolent

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Tai *C̥.dukᴰ (“bone”).

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

nduk (classifier aen, Sawndip forms ⿰月𣈉 or ⿰月督, 1957–1982 spelling ƌuk)

  1. bone
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