duka
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swahili duka.
Noun
duka (plural dukas)
- (Kenya) A shop, store.
- 2012, Aidan Hartley, ‘Life at One Remove’, Literary Review 404:
- This series […] was the only interesting reading material you could find on the half-empty shelves of Nairobi dukas that called themselves bookshops but mostly sold school texts and dust-coated magazines.
- 2012, Aidan Hartley, ‘Life at One Remove’, Literary Review 404:
Anagrams
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: du‧ka
Adjective
duka
- Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
- Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.
- Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.
Verb
duka
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay duka, from Pali dukkha, from Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkha).
Pronunciation
Adjective
duka
Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “duka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Maltese
Noun
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Related terms
Manchu
Romanization
duka
- Romanization of ᡩ᠋ᡠ᠋ᡴᠠ
Mwani
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān).
Noun
duka class 5 (plural maduka)
- (Nsimbwa) shop
Synonyms
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān).
Noun
duka (ma class, plural maduka)
- shop (establishment that sells goods)
Descendants
- Kikuyu: nduka
Swedish
Etymology
Verb
duka
- to set (a table; to arrange with dishes and cutlery)
Conjugation
Conjugation of duka (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | duka | dukas | ||
Supine | dukat | dukats | ||
Imperative | duka | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | duken | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | dukar | dukade | dukas | dukades |
Ind. plural1 | duka | dukade | dukas | dukades |
Subjunctive2 | duke | dukade | dukes | dukades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | dukande | |||
Past participle | dukad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
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