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duga

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Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈduɡaʔ/ [ˈd̪u.ɡaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: du‧ga

Noun

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dugà (Basahan spelling ᜇᜓᜄ)

  1. nectar
    Synonym: tagok
  2. sap
    Synonym: pulot

Cebuano

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Noun

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duga

  1. juice, nectar, sap
  2. (slang) sperm, semen

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse duga (“to help, to suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *duganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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duga (third person singular past indicative dugdi, supine dugað)

  1. to know how to
    Tey duga føroyskt.[2]
    They can speak Faroese.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of duga (group v-25)
infinitive duga
supine dugað
present past
first singular dugi dugdi
second singular dugir dugdi
third singular dugir dugdi
plural duga dugdu
participle (a6)1 dugandi dugaður
imperative
singular duga!
plural dugið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  2. ^ W. B. Lockwood (1977), “p. 152”, in An Introduction to Modern Faroese, 3rd printing edition, Tórshavn: Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur

Further reading

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"duga" at Sprotin.fo

Higaonon

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Etymology

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Akin to Cebuano duga.

Noun

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duga

  1. honey

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse duga (“to help, to suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *duganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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duga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dugði, supine dugað) or
duga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dugaði, supine dugað)

  1. to suffice, to be enough, to do the trick
    Synonym: nægja
    Þetta dugir mér.
    This is enough for me.
    Mig vantar blað.. Þetta umslag dugar alveg.
    I need a piece of paper.. This old envelope will do the trick!
  2. to be fit

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Malay duga.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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duga

  1. to gauge (clarification of this definition is needed.)
  2. to guess

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Malay

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈduɡa/ [ˈdu.ɡa]
  • Hyphenation: du‧ga

Verb

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duga (Jawi spelling دوݢ)

  1. to guess
    Synonyms: agak, sangka, teka
  2. to measure or gauge the depth of a body of water
    Synonyms: ajuk, ukur
  3. to test
    Synonyms: ukur, uji

Derived terms

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Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • penduga [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • pendugaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • dugaan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • menduga [agent focus] (meN-)
  • menduga-duga [reduplication + agent focus] (redup + meN-)
  • diduga [patient focus] (di-)
  • terduga [agentless action] (teR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

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  • > Indonesian: duga (inherited)

Further reading

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse duga.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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duga (present tense duger, past tense dugde, past participle dugt/dugd, passive infinitive dugast, present participle dugande, imperative dug)

  1. help, be useful; be good enough; work
    Dette duger ikkje. Me lyt freista noko anna.
    This doesn't work. We'll have to try something else.
  2. be skilled enough
    Er du viss på at dei duger til jobben?
    Are you sure that they are skilled enough for the job?

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *duganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰówgʰe, from the root *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce”).

Verb

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duga (singular past indicative dugði, plural past indicative dugðu, past participle dugat)

  1. to help, aid
  2. to do, suffice
    hefir oss þó dugat þessi átrúnaðr
    but this faith has served us well
    fátt er svá illt at einugi dugi
    few things are utterly useless
    mun þér eigi þat duga at sofa hér
    it will not do (is not safe) for thee to sleep here
  3. to show prowess, do good service
    dugði hverr sem hann mátti
    everyone did his best
  4. to suffice, be strong enough
    ef vitni duga
    if the witness fail not

Declension

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Conjugation of duga — active (weak class 3)
infinitive duga
present participle dugandi
past participle dugar
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular dugi dugða duga dygða
2nd person singular dugir dugðir dugir dygðir
3rd person singular dugir dugði dugi dygði
1st person plural dugum dugðum dugim dygðim
2nd person plural dugið dugðuð dugið dygðið
3rd person plural duga dugðu dugi dygði
imperative present
2nd person singular dug
1st person plural dugum
2nd person plural dugið
Conjugation of duga — mediopassive (weak class 3)
infinitive dugask
present participle dugandisk
past participle dugazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular dugumk dugðumk dugumk dygðumk
2nd person singular dugisk dugðisk dugisk dygðisk
3rd person singular dugisk dugðisk dugisk dygðisk
1st person plural dugumsk dugðumsk dugimsk dygðimsk
2nd person plural dugizk dugðuzk dugizk dygðizk
3rd person plural dugask dugðusk dugisk dygðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular dugsk
1st person plural dugumsk
2nd person plural dugizk

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “duga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Polish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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duga f

  1. (Kuyavia) synonym of dźwig
    wziąć na dugę (Kujawy) ― to lift
    1. (Kielce, agriculture) crane or lift for lifting bales of hay onto a heap

Derived terms

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verbs

Further reading

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  • Oskar Kolberg (1867), “dugować”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 270
  • Jan Łoś (1886), “duga”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 183

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dǫga.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dúga f (Cyrillic spelling ду́га)

  1. rainbow
Declension
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Declension of duga
singular plural
nominative duga duge
genitive duge duga
dative duzi dugama
accusative dugu duge
vocative dugo duge
locative duzi dugama
instrumental dugom dugama

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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duga (Cyrillic spelling дуга)

  1. inflection of dug:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Etymology 3

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Noun

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duga (Cyrillic spelling дуга)

  1. genitive singular of dug

Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin doga. Compare Italian doga. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Latin -ŏ-?”)

Noun

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duga f (plural dughi)

  1. stave (narrow strip of wood forming barrels, buckets, etc.)

Descendants

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References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1327: “la doga” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Traina, Antonino (1868), “duga e dua”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1429
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790), “duga”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 2, page 59

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish dugha, from Old Norse duga, from Proto-Germanic *duganą. The (formerly) colloquial strong declension mirrors the declensions of words like suga and ljuga.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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duga (present duger, preterite dög or dugde, supine dugt or dugit, imperative dug)

  1. to be good enough; to suffice, to be acceptable, etc.
    Om den dög åt din syster så duger den åt dig
    If it was good enough for your sister, it is good enough for you
    Oroa dig inte. Du duger som du är.
    Don't worry. You are good enough the way you are.
    Hon hade dåligt självförtroende. Tyckte inte att hon dög.
    She had low self-esteem. Didn't think she was good enough.
    – Behöver jag göra någonting mer? – Nej då, det duger.
    – Do I need to do anything more? – No, that's enough [suffices]. [The "då" affirms the "nej," softening the tone a bit, like "nah"]
    Han duger ingenting till
    He's a good-for-nothing ["Han duger till ingenting" would be less literary except "duga ingenting till" has become idiomatic]
    Han duger inte mycket till
    He's not good for much [same as above]
    • 1968, Cornelis Vreeswijk, “Somliga går med trasiga skor [Some people walk in tattered shoes]”, in Tio vackra visor och Personliga Person [Ten beautiful songs and Personal Person]‎[3]:
      Jag är en tvivelaktig figur. Duger ej mycket till. Bakom ett hörn står döden på lur. Han tar mig när han vill.
      I'm a dubious figure. Not good for much. Behind a corner, Death lurks. He'll take me whenever he wants.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of duga (weak)
active passive
infinitive duga —
supine dugt —
imperative dug —
imper. plural1 dugen —
present past present past
indicative duger dugde — —
ind. plural1 duga dugde — —
subjunctive2 duge dugde — —
present participle dugande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of duga (class 2 strong)
active passive
infinitive duga —
supine dugit —
imperative dug —
imper. plural1 dugen —
present past present past
indicative duger dög — —
ind. plural1 duga dögo — —
subjunctive2 duge döge — —
present participle dugande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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References

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Ternate

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Adverb

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duga

  1. only, merely

Synonyms

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Venda

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Verb

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duga

  1. to burn
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