dadu

See also: Dadu, dadü, dàdū, Dàdū, dàdù, and dǎdǔ

Asturian

Noun

dadu m (plural dados)

1. die (polyhedron with symbols on each side)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ad̪u]
• Hyphenation: da‧du

Etymology 1

From Malay dadu (“die”), from Portuguese dado (“die”), from Old Galician-Portuguese dado, itself from a Vulgar Latin *dadu, of uncertain origin; possibly from Classical Arabic أَعْدَاد (ʔaʕdād, “numbers”), or from Latin datum.

Noun

dadu (first-person possessive daduku, second-person possessive dadumu, third-person possessive dadunya)

1. (gaming) die, a regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
2. cube

   Synonym: kubus

Derived terms

• berdadu

 

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Adjective

dadu

1. pink.

   Synonym: merah muda

Further reading

• “dadu” 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.

Maguindanao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arado.

Noun

dadu

1. plough; plow

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀤𑀤𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ददु (Devanagari script)
• দদু (Bengali script)
• දදු (Sinhalese script)
• ဒဒု or ၻၻု (Burmese script)
• ททุ or ทะทุ (Thai script)
• ᨴᨴᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ທທຸ or ທະທຸ (Lao script)
• ទទុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄘𑄪 (Chakma script)

Verb

dadu

1. third-person plural imperfect active of dadāti (“to give”)

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese dado.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

dadu (ma class, plural madadu)

1. die (polyhedron with symbols on each side)
2. a game of dice