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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) enPR: do͞o, IPA(key): /duː/
- (US) enPR: do͞o, IPA(key): /du/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /dʉː/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uː
- Homophones: dew, do, due
Noun[edit]
doo
Interjection[edit]
doo
- (music) Used as a scat word in song lyrics.
- 1995, Phil Farrand, The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers: Volume 2:
- (Ever feel like you've just entered... The Twilight Zone? Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo....)
- 2006, Steve Taylor, A to X of Alternative Music (page 272)
- […] the bloke who sang about coloured girls going 'doo de doo de doo doo d'de doo de doo de doo' had once had this thing with the guy who produced the debut albums by the Stooges and Patti Smith.
Related terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Aiwoo[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
doo
References[edit]
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) , “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Gooniyandi[edit]
Noun[edit]
doo
Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish dub, from Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“black”).
Adjective[edit]
doo
Derived terms[edit]
- Yn Vooir Ghoo (“the Black Sea”)
Noun[edit]
doo m (genitive singular doo, plural dooghyn)
Derived terms[edit]
- boteil doo (“ink-bottle”)
- feddan doo (“ink-feed”)
- kiap doo (“ink-pad”)
- poagey doo (“ink-bag”)
- tobbyr ghoo (“ink-well”)
Verb[edit]
doo
- to ink
Mutation[edit]
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| doo | ghoo | noo |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
See also[edit]
| Colors in Manx · daaghyn (layout · text) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bane | lheeah | doo | ||
| jiarg; feer-yiarg | jiarg-bwee; dhone | bwee; bane-wuigh | ||
| geayney, glass | ||||
| gorrym-ghlass, speyr-ghorrym | gorrym | |||
| plooreenagh | jiarg gorrym | jiarg-bane | ||
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Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Particle[edit]
doo
- Part of the negative correlative:
- doo ... da
- doo yáʼátʼééh da ― it is not good
- With a nominalizer, forms a negative noun phrase:
- doo yáʼátʼéehii ― that which isn’t good
- doo naalnishii ― the one who isn’t working
- doo bénáshniihígíí ― that which I don’t remember
- With a verb + -góó, forms a negative conditional:
- Doo naashnishgóó níká adeeshwoł. ― If I’m not working, I’ll help you.
Derived terms[edit]
- béésh doo ńdiniichxíihii (“titanium”)
- chʼosh doo yitʼínii (“microorganism”)
- doo nidahałtingóó (“desert”)
- łóód doo nádziihii (“cancer”)
- níłchʼi doo diiltłádí (“carbon dioxide”)
- tó doo bidééłníní (“plastic”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (NV) (file)
Verb[edit]
doo
- Abbreviation of dooleeł (“it will be”).
- When paired with ńtʼééʼ, forms a conditional:
- Dine bizaad bóhooshʼaah doo ńtʼééʼ. ― I should have studied Navajo.
- Éí nizhóní doo ńtʼééʼ. ― That would have been nice; that could have been nice.
See also[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Verb[edit]
doo
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -o.u
Verb 1[edit]
doo
Verb 2[edit]
doo
Rohingya[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Assamese দা (da, “a big knife”)
Noun[edit]
doo
Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English *dūfe (compare woman's given name Dūfe); akin to Old High German tūba (“dove, pigeon”), Icelandic dúfa (“dove, pigeon”), Dúfa (woman's first name)), Danish dove, pigeon, Norwegian Bokmål due (“dove, pigeon”), Norwegian Nynorsk due (“dove, pigeon”) and Swedish duva (“dove, pigeon”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
doo (plural doos)
- dove, pigeon (bird of the dove and pigeon family: Columbidae)
Derived terms[edit]
- King of the Doos (“English Carrier (an old domestic pigeon breed)”)
Solon[edit]
Noun[edit]
doo
References[edit]
- Bayarma Khabtagaeva, Dagur Elements in Solon Evenki, 2012.
Teposcolula Mixtec[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Mixtec *ⁿdòòʔ.
Noun[edit]
doo
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 43v: “caña de comer. doo.”
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