dui

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dui"

English

Noun

dui

1. (obsolete) plural of duo

Anagrams

• Diu, IDU, IUD, UDI, UID, Udi, udi-, uid

Big Nambas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈⁿdui/

Noun

dui

1. man

References

• Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

Corsican

Corsican cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dui     Ordinal : secondu

Etymology

From Latin duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates include Italian due and Romanian doi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdui/
• Hyphenation: du‧i

Numeral

dui m (feminine duie)

1. two

References

• “dui, duie” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

From Bhojpuri दुइ (dui).

Numeral

dui

1. two

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary
• Siegel, Jeff (1977) Say it in Fiji Hindi, Australia: Pacific Publications, →ISBN, page 28

Istriot

Alternative forms

• duj

Etymology

From Latin duo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duj/

Numeral

dui

1. two

Kalo Finnish Romani

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Cardinal: dui     Ordinal: vauro, duito

Etymology

Inherited from Romani duj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdui̯/

Numeral

dui

1. (cardinal numbers) two

Mandarin

Romanization

dui

1. Nonstandard spelling of duī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of duǐ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of duì.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Old French

Numeral

dui

1. nominative of deus
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 194, line 2455:

     Li dui frere i furent ocis

     The two brothers were killed there

Rohingya

Rohingya cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dui

Etymology

From Sanskrit द्व (dva, “two”).

Numeral

dui (Hanifi spelling 𐴊𐴟𐴙)

1. two

Sicilian

Sicilian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dui     Ordinal : secunnu

Alternative forms

• du (before a noun)
• rui, ru (forms with rotacism)

Etymology

From Latin duae, feminine plural of duo.

Numeral

dui

1. two

   du cani ― two dogs

   Nni pigghiau dui. ― He/she took two (of them).

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Cognate with O'odham jui (“a type of prickly pear”).

Noun

dui

1. plum

References

• R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎^[2] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 53

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *rui; compare Apalaí ryxi, rui, Kari'na yryi, yrui, Akawaio rui, Macushi rui, Pemon rui, Yao (South America) huoroye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [duj]

Noun

dui (obligatorily possessed; possessed dui)

1. older brother (of a man)
2. older male parallel cousin (of a man)

Derived terms

• duichö

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “dui”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[3], Lyon, page 115
• Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 62–65, 68