duka

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swahili duka.

Noun

duka (plural dukas)

1. (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.

Anagrams

• kuda

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: du‧ka

Adjective

duka

1. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
2. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.
3. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.

Verb

duka

1. To induce sleep; to make someone drowsy or lethargic.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay duka, from Pali dukkha, from Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du.ka/
• Hyphenation: du‧ka

Adjective

duka

1. sad

Synonyms

• sedih

Derived terms

• berduka
• duka cita
• duka nestapa
• duka ria
• kedukaan
• mendukai
• mendukakan

 

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.

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Maltese

Noun

1. duke

Related terms

• dukessa

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Manchu

Romanization

duka

1. Romanization of ᡩ᠋ᡠ᠋ᡴᠠ

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Mwani

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān).

Noun

duka class 5 (plural maduka)

1. (Nsimbwa) shop

Synonyms

• lozya

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān).

Noun

duka (ma class, plural maduka)

1. shop (establishment that sells goods)

Descendants

• Kikuyu: nduka

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Swedish

Etymology

duk +‎ -a

Verb

duka

1. 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.

Related terms

• dukning