doo

See also: DOO, dôo, dóó, and -dóó

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: do͞o, IPA^(key): /duː/
• (US) enPR: do͞o, IPA^(key): /du/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dʉː/

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: dew, do, due

Noun

doo

1. (childish) feces

   Synonyms: BM, doo-doo, doody, poo, poo-poo, poop

Interjection

doo

1. (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

• doo-wop

Anagrams

• ODO, OOD

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Aiwoo

Pronoun

doo

1. (interrogative) what
2. (interrogative) how

References

• 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.

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Gooniyandi

Noun

doo

1. cave

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish dub, from Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“black”).

Adjective

doo

1. black
2. inky

   Synonym: dooagh

Derived terms

• Yn Vooir Ghoo (“the Black Sea”)

Noun

doo m (genitive singular doo, plural dooghyn)

1. ink

Derived terms

• boteil doo (“ink-bottle”)
• feddan doo (“ink-feed”)
• kiap doo (“ink-pad”)
• poagey doo (“ink-bag”)
• tobbyr ghoo (“ink-well”)

 

Verb

doo

1. to ink

Mutation

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.

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Navajo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tòː/

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Particle

doo

1. Part of the negative correlative:

   doo ... da

   doo yáʼátʼééh da ― it is not good

2. 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

3. With a verb + -góó, forms a negative conditional:

   Doo naashnishgóó níká adeeshwoł. ― If I’m not working, I’ll help you.

Derived terms

• béésh doo ńdiniichxíihii (“titanium”)
• chʼosh doo yitʼínii (“microorganism”)
• doo nidahałtingóó (“desert”)
• łóód doo nádziihii (“cancer”)
• níłchʼi doo diiltłádí (“carbon dioxide”)
• tó doo bidééłníní (“plastic”)

 

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Verb

doo

1. Abbreviation of dooleeł (“it will be”).
2. 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

• dóó
• -dóó

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Portuguese

Verb 1

doo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of doer

Verb 2

doo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of doar

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Rohingya

Etymology

Compare Assamese দা (da, “a big knife”)

Noun

doo

1. knife

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Scots

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /duː/, /dʌu/

Noun

doo (plural doos)

1. dove, pigeon (bird of the dove and pigeon family: Columbidae)

Derived terms

• King of the Doos (“English Carrier (an old domestic pigeon breed)”)

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Solon

Noun

doo

1. song

References

• Bayarma Khabtagaeva, Dagur Elements in Solon Evenki, 2012.