dhuku

Caribbean Hindustani

Noun

dhuku

1. money

See also

• doekoe

Javanese

Romanization

dhuku

1. Romanization of ꦝꦸꦏꦸ

Shona

Etymology

From Afrikaans doek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̤ú.ku/

Noun

dhúku class 5 (plural madhúku class 6)

1. head tie

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذَاقَ (ḏāqa, “to taste”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-dhuku (infinitive kudhuku)

1. to taste

Conjugation

Conjugation of -dhuku
Positive present -nadhuku Subjunctive -dhuku Negative -dhuku Imperative singular dhuku
Infinitives
Positive kudhuku Negative kutodhuku
Imperatives
Singular dhuku Plural dhukuni
Tensed forms
Habitual hudhuku Positive past positive subject concord + -lidhuku Negative past negative subject concord + -kudhuku
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadhuku) Singular Plural 1st person ninadhuku/nadhuku tunadhuku 2nd person unadhuku mnadhuku 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anadhuku wanadhuku other classes positive subject concord + -nadhuku
Negative present (negative subject concord + -dhuku) Singular Plural 1st person sidhuku hatudhuku 2nd person hudhuku hamdhuku 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hadhuku hawadhuku other classes negative subject concord + -dhuku
Positive future positive subject concord + -tadhuku Negative future negative subject concord + -tadhuku
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -dhuku) Singular Plural 1st person nidhuku tudhuku 2nd person udhuku mdhuku 3rd person m-wa(I/II) adhuku wadhuku other classes positive subject concord + -dhuku
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sidhuku Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngedhuku Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singedhuku Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalidhuku Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalidhuku
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adhuku) Singular Plural 1st person nadhuku twadhuku 2nd person wadhuku mwadhuku 3rd person m-wa(I/II) adhuku wadhuku m-mi(III/IV) wadhuku yadhuku ji-ma(V/VI) ladhuku yadhuku ki-vi(VII/VIII) chadhuku vyadhuku n(IX/X) yadhuku zadhuku u(XI) wadhuku see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwadhuku pa(XVI) padhuku mu(XVIII) mwadhuku
Perfect positive subject concord + -medhuku "Already" positive subject concord + -meshadhuku "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jadhuku "If/When" positive subject concord + -kidhuku "If not" positive subject concord + -sipodhuku Consecutive kadhuku / positive subject concord + -kadhuku Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kadhuku
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nidhuku -tudhuku 2nd person -kudhuku -wadhuku/-kudhukuni/-wadhukuni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mdhuku -wadhuku m-mi(III/IV) -udhuku -idhuku ji-ma(V/VI) -lidhuku -yadhuku ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kidhuku -vidhuku n(IX/X) -idhuku -zidhuku u(XI) -udhuku see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kudhuku pa(XVI) -padhuku mu(XVIII) -mudhuku Reflexive -jidhuku
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -dhuku- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -dhukuye -dhukuo m-mi(III/IV) -dhukuo -dhukuyo ji-ma(V/VI) -dhukulo -dhukuyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -dhukucho -dhukuvyo n(IX/X) -dhukuyo -dhukuzo u(XI) -dhukuo see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -dhukuko pa(XVI) -dhukupo mu(XVIII) -dhukumo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -dhuku) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yedhuku -odhuku m-mi(III/IV) -odhuku -yodhuku ji-ma(V/VI) -lodhuku -yodhuku ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chodhuku -vyodhuku n(IX/X) -yodhuku -zodhuku u(XI) -odhuku see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kodhuku pa(XVI) -podhuku mu(XVIII) -modhuku
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.