dudum

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Albanian

Etymology

From *dum-dum, root doubling of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *dubna, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure). Close to Old Norse dumbr (dumb), German dumm (dumb, stupid), Greek τυφλός (tyflós, blind).

Noun

dudum m

  1. dumb, stupid, foolish person

Latin

Etymology

From diū + dum.

Pronunciation

Adverb

dūdum (not comparable)

  1. a short time ago, a little while ago, not long since
  2. before, formerly, previously

References


Romani

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Armenian դդում (ddum).[1][2]

Noun

dudum

  1. pumpkin, squash, gourd

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դդում”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 644ab
  2. ^ Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 78b