duga

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Noun

dugà

1. nectar, sap

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Cebuano

Noun

duga

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

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Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːwa/
• Rhymes: -uːwa

Verb

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

1. to know how to

Conjugation

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.

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Higaonon

Etymology

Akin to Cebuano duga.

Noun

duga

1. honey

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʏːɣa/

  Rhymes: -ʏːɣa

Verb

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

• (to suffice): nægja

Derived terms

• duga til (“to be good for”)
• duga eða drepast (“to do or die”)
• nú er að duga eða drepast

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Indonesian

Verb

duga (used in the form menduga)

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

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duɡa/
• Rhymes: -uɡa

Verb

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

• batu duga
• diduga
• dugaan
• menduga
• penduga
• pendugaan
• temu duga
• terduga

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: duga

Further reading

• “duga” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• duge

Etymology

From Old Norse duga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʉːɡa/

Verb

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

• “duga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Conjugation of duga — active (weak class 3)

infinitive	duga
present participle	dugandi
past participle	dugar
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	dugi	dugða
2nd-person singular	dugir	dugðir
3rd-person singular	dugir	dugði
1st-person plural	dugum	dugðum
2nd-person plural	dugið	dugðuð
3rd-person plural	duga	dugðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	duga	dygða
2nd-person singular	dugir	dygðir
3rd-person singular	dugi	dygði
1st-person plural	dugim	dygðim
2nd-person plural	dugið	dygðið
3rd-person plural	dugi	dygði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	dug
1st-person plural	dugum
2nd-person plural	dugið

Conjugation of duga — mediopassive (weak class 3)

infinitive	dugask
present participle	dugandisk
past participle	dugazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	dugumk	dugðumk
2nd-person singular	dugisk	dugðisk
3rd-person singular	dugisk	dugðisk
1st-person plural	dugumsk	dugðumsk
2nd-person plural	dugizk	dugðuzk
3rd-person plural	dugask	dugðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	dugumk	dygðumk
2nd-person singular	dugisk	dygðisk
3rd-person singular	dugisk	dygðisk
1st-person plural	dugimsk	dygðimsk
2nd-person plural	dugizk	dygðizk
3rd-person plural	dugisk	dygðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	dugsk
1st-person plural	dugumsk
2nd-person plural	dugizk

Derived terms

• dugnaðr m

Descendants

• Icelandic: duga
• Faroese: duga
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: duge
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: duga, duge
• Old Swedish: dugha, dogha
  • Swedish: duga
• Old Danish: dughæ
  • Danish: du

References

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *dǫga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǔːɡa/

Noun

dúga f (Cyrillic spelling ду́га)

1. rainbow

Declension

Declension of duga

	singular	plural
nominative	duga	duge
genitive	duge	duga
dative	duzi	dugama
accusative	dugu	duge
vocative	dugo	duge
locative	duzi	dugama
instrumental	dugom	dugama

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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

duga

1. genitive singular of dug

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Swedish

Etymology

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

• Audio:

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Verb

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

Conjugation of duga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	duga		—
Supine	dugt		—
Imperative	dug		—
Imper. plural1	dugen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	duger	dugde	—	—
Ind. plural1	duga	dugde	—	—
Subjunctive2	duge	dugde	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	dugande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of duga (class 2 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	duga		—
Supine	dugit		—
Imperative	dug		—
Imper. plural1	dugen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	duger	dög	—	—
Ind. plural1	duga	dögo	—	—
Subjunctive2	duge	döge	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	dugande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• dugande
• som heter duga

Further reading

• duga in Svensk ordbok.

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Ternate

Adverb

duga

1. only, merely

Synonyms

• cuma

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Venda

Verb

duga

1. to burn