duit

English

Noun

duit (plural duits)

1. Alternative form of (historical) doit (“a small Dutch coin”)
   • 1912, R.P. Jackson, “The Dominions, Emblems, and Coins of the South Indian Dynasties”, in British Numismatic Journal, page 319:

     The copper currency for a long time consisted almost entirely of Dutch “duits” or “challis,” which were exported for the eastern currency and circulated freely all along the western coast.

Betawi

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch duit (“a small Dutch coin”).

Noun

duit

1. money

   Synonyms: uang, cèn, pulus

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdujt]

Participle

duit (feminine duida, masculine plural duits, feminine plural duides)

1. alternative form of dut

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch duit, of uncertain origin. Possibly borrowed from Old Norse þveit (“cut-off piece of metal, small coin, doit”), related to Old English þwītan (“to cut, cutt off”) (whence dialectal English thwite).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dœy̯t/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: duit
• Rhymes: -œy̯t

Noun

duit m (plural duiten, diminutive duitje n)

1. (historical) a doit, a Dutch copper coin with the value of ¹⁄₁₆₀ of a guilder, current before the decimalization of 1816
2. (informal, in the singular) an amount of money, a sum of money

   Zij kon daarmee een aardige duit verdienen.

   She could make a pretty penny from that.

3. (informal, in the plural) money in general

   "Blijf met je gore klauwen van me duiten af", krijste de vrek.

   "Keep your filthy mitts of me moola," the miser shrieked.

Derived terms

• duitendief
• duitenkliever
• een duit in het zakje doen
• geen duit geven om
• slordige duit
• spaarduit
• vierduitstuk

Descendants

• Afrikaans: duit
• → Caribbean Javanese: dhit, dhuwit
• → German: Deut
• → Javanese: ꦝꦸꦮꦶꦠ꧀ (dhuwit)
• → Kannada: ದುಡ್ಡು (duḍḍu)
• → Malay: duit
  • Betawi: duit
  • Indonesian: duit, doeit (1901–1947)
    • → Petjo: doewit
  • → Cantonese: 鐳 / 镭 (leoi¹)
  • → Hokkien: 鐳 / 镭 (lui)
  • → Teochew: 鐳 / 镭 (lui¹)
  • Iban: duit
• → Malayalam: തുട്ട് (tuṭṭŭ)
• → Manado Malay: doi
• → Tamil: துட்டு (tuṭṭu)

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay duit, from Dutch duit (“a small Dutch coin”).

Noun

duit

1. money

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• doeit (1901–1947)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch duit (“a small Dutch coin”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈduit/ [ˈdu.ɪt̪̚]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: du‧it

Noun

duit (plural duit-duit)

1. (historical) a doit, a Dutch copper coin with the value of ¹⁄₁₂₀ of a rupiah
2. (colloquial, informal) money

   Synonyms: fulus, uang

Derived terms

• berduit
• seduit

Descendants

• → Petjo: doewit

Further reading

• “duit”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

Alternative forms

• dhuit
• dhuid, duid (Ulster)

Etymology

From Old Irish duit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɪtʲ/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɞtʲ/

Pronoun

duit (emphatic duitse)

1. second-person singular of do: to/for you sg

Derived terms

• seo duit

Javanese

Noun

duit

1. nonstandard spelling of dhuwit

Latin

Verb

duit

1. (archaic) third-person singular present active subjunctive of dō; synonym of det

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch duit (“a small Dutch coin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduit/ [ˈdu.it̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it

Noun

duit (Jawi spelling دوءيت, plural duit-duit or duit²)

1. money

   Synonym: wang

   Duit ringgit ― Ringgit money

Derived terms

• duit belanja
• duit kopi
• duit tunai

Descendants

• Betawi: duit
• Indonesian: duit, doeit (1901–1947)
  • → Petjo: doewit
• → Cantonese: 鐳 / 镭 (leoi¹)
• → Hokkien: 鐳 / 镭 (lui)
• → Teochew: 鐳 / 镭 (lui¹)

• Iban: duit

Further reading

• "duit" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old French

Alternative forms

• doit

Etymology

From Latin ductum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdyi̯t/

Noun

duit oblique singular, m (oblique plural duiz or duitz, nominative singular duiz or duitz, nominative plural duit)

1. stream
   • Un duit unt cler e pessuns denz,
     E cil em prenent plus que cenz. (Voyage of St Brendan, ll. 799-800)

Related terms

• duire

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ut̠ʲ/

Pronoun

duit

1. second-person singular of do: to/for you sg

Mutation

Mutation of duit

radical	lenition	nasalization
duit	duit pronounced with /ð-/	nduit

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪uʰtʲ/

Pronoun

duit

1. alternative form of dhut

Sundanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch duit (“a small Dutch coin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duˈit/, [duˈwit̪]
• Hyphenation: du‧it

Noun

duit (Sundanese script ᮓᮥᮄᮒ᮪)

1. (historical) A doit, a Dutch copper coin with the value of ¹⁄₁₂₀ of a rupiah
2. money (currency, medium of exchange)

   Ayeuna urang keur teu boga duit. ― Now, I don't have any money.

Derived terms

• buncir leuit loba duit
• diduitan
• duduitan
• duit pait
• ngaduitkeun
• piduit

Further reading

• "DOEWIT", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij