kudu

See also: kudú, küdu, and kǔdú

English

Kudu (Kruger Park)

Alternative forms

• koodoo (dated)
• koudou (dated)

Etymology

Ultimately Khoekhoe kudu-b, through Afrikaans koedoe and French koudou.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːduː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːduː

Noun

kudu (plural kudus or kudu)

1. A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu).
   • 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 72:

     Martha, on a hot, wet, steamy afternoon, had spent two hours wriggling on her stomach through the undergrowth to reach a point where she might shoot a big koodoo that was grazing in a corner of the Hundred Acres.

   • 2004 December 4, Beverley Fearis, The Guardian:

     I watched from a distance as rangers left a kudu carcass to entice the lions to walk through the gates.

Derived terms

• kudu berry

Translations

Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros

• Afrikaans: koedoe (af)
• Arabic: مُرَامِرِيّ m (murāmiriyy)
• Bulgarian: куду n (kudu)
• Czech: kudu m
• Dutch: koedoe (nl)
• French: koudou (fr) m
• German: Kudu (de) m
• Italian: cudù (it) m, kudu m
• Nandi: solgoi
• Navajo: jádítsoh
• Portuguese: cudo (pt) m, goma (pt) f (Mozambique), olongo m (Angola)
• Romanian: kudu (ro) m
• Shona: nhoro
• Spanish: kudú
• Swahili: tandala (sw)
• Swazi: lishongololo
• Tagalog: kudu
• Xhosa: iqhude
• Zulu: umgankla

Further reading

• kudu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tragelaphus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		куду
Arabic	Classical sp	کدو
	Iranian sp	کودو

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کَدُو (kadū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cuˈdu/
• Hyphenation: ku‧du

Noun

kudu (definite accusative kudunu, plural kudular)

1. pumpkin, squash

   Synonyms: qabaq, balqabaq, boranı

Declension

Declension of kudu

	singular	plural
nominative	kudu	kudular
definite accusative	kudunu	kuduları
dative	kuduya	kudulara
locative	kududa	kudularda
ablative	kududan	kudulardan
definite genitive	kudunun	kuduların

Possessive forms of kudu

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	kudum	kudularım
sənin (“your”)	kudun	kuduların
onun (“his/her/its”)	kudusu	kuduları
bizim (“our”)	kudumuz	kudularımız
sizin (“your”)	kudunuz	kudularınız
onların (“their”)	kudusu or kuduları	kuduları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	kudumu	kudularımı
sənin (“your”)	kudunu	kudularını
onun (“his/her/its”)	kudusunu	kudularını
bizim (“our”)	kudumuzu	kudularımızı
sizin (“your”)	kudunuzu	kudularınızı
onların (“their”)	kudusunu or kudularını	kudularını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	kuduma	kudularıma
sənin (“your”)	kuduna	kudularına
onun (“his/her/its”)	kudusuna	kudularına
bizim (“our”)	kudumuza	kudularımıza
sizin (“your”)	kudunuza	kudularınıza
onların (“their”)	kudusuna or kudularına	kudularına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	kudumda	kudularımda
sənin (“your”)	kudunda	kudularında
onun (“his/her/its”)	kudusunda	kudularında
bizim (“our”)	kudumuzda	kudularımızda
sizin (“your”)	kudunuzda	kudularınızda
onların (“their”)	kudusunda or kudularında	kudularında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	kudumdan	kudularımdan
sənin (“your”)	kudundan	kudularından
onun (“his/her/its”)	kudusundan	kudularından
bizim (“our”)	kudumuzdan	kudularımızdan
sizin (“your”)	kudunuzdan	kudularınızdan
onların (“their”)	kudusundan or kudularından	kudularından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	kudumun	kudularımın
sənin (“your”)	kudunun	kudularının
onun (“his/her/its”)	kudusunun	kudularının
bizim (“our”)	kudumuzun	kudularımızın
sizin (“your”)	kudunuzun	kudularınızın
onların (“their”)	kudusunun or kudularının	kudularının

References

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “kudu”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 2, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 769

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkudu]

Noun

kudu m anim

1. kudu

Declension

Also indeclinable.

Declension of kudu (masculine animate in -u)

	singular	plural
nominative	kudu	kuduové
genitive	kudua	kuduů
dative	kuduovi	kuduům
accusative	kudua	kuduy
vocative	kudu	kuduové
locative	kuduovi	kuduech
instrumental	kuduem	kuduy

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kutu. Related to Finnish kutu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkud̥u/, [ˈkud̥u]
• Rhymes: -udu
• Hyphenation: ku‧du

Noun

kudu (genitive kudu, partitive kudu)

1. spawn

Declension

Declension of kudu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kudu	kudud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kudu
genitive			kudude
partitive		kudu	kudusid
illative		kuttu kudusse	kududesse
inessive		kudus	kududes
elative		kudust	kududest
allative		kudule	kududele
adessive		kudul	kududel
ablative		kudult	kududelt
translative		kuduks	kududeks
terminative		kuduni	kududeni
essive		kuduna	kududena
abessive		kuduta	kududeta
comitative		kuduga	kududega

References

• kudu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “kudu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kú.dù/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kʷʊ́.dɪ̀]

Adverb

kudù

1. south, southwards

Derived terms

• kudanci

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkudu/ [ˈku.du]
• Rhymes: -udu
• Syllabification: ku‧du

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese kuḍu (“bud”).

Noun

kudu (plural kudu-kudu)

1. (obsolete) flower bud

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay کودو (kudu).

Noun

kudu (plural kudu-kudu)

1. red paint for coloring batik cloth, made from the roots or bark of the mengkudu tree

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦸꦢꦸ (kudu, “must”), from Old Javanese kudu, kĕdö (“set on; at all costs, by any means; unremittingly, insistently, obstinately, unavoidably”).

Adverb

kudu

1. (colloquial) mandatory

   Synonyms: harus, wajib

Further reading

• “kudu”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

kudu

1. romanization of ꦏꦸꦢꦸ

Kambera

Verb

kudu

1. (intransitive) to be small

References

• Marian Klamer (1998), A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 172

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kudu/, [ˈkudu]
• Rhymes: -udu
• Hyphenation: ku‧du(This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready.)

Noun

kudu m animal (indeclinable)

1. kudu

Further reading

• “kudu”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026