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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdadu/ [ˈda.du]
• Rhymes: -adu
• Syllabification: 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 (plural dadu-dadu)

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

• dadu besar
• dadu kecil
• dadu pusing
• dadu putar
• dadu sintir

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦢꦢꦸ (dadu, “pink”), from Old Javanese dadu (“pink, pale red”).

Adjective

dadu (comparative lebih dadu, superlative paling dadu)

1. pink

   Synonym: merah muda

Derived terms

• merah dadu

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Balinese [Term?].

Noun

dadu (plural dadu-dadu)

1. (agriculture) rice planting season (around October)

Further reading

• “dadu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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

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Noun

dadu class V (plural madadu class VI)

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