sedu

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sədu (“hiccough”). Doublet of sendu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sədu/
• Rhymes: -ədu, -du, -u

Verb

sedu (Jawi spelling سدو)

1. to sob; to pant when mourning or crying

Derived terms

• bersedu
• bersedu-sedu
• tersedu
• tersedu-sedu

Descendants

• Indonesian: sedu

Further reading

• “sedu”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *sedu

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [seˈdu]

Verb

sedu

1. second-person singular imperative of seduce

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

sedu (Cyrillic spelling седу)

1. inflection of sed:
   1. indefinite masculine/neuter dative/locative singular
   2. feminine accusative singular

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈse.du]

Verb

sedu

1. (intransitive) to joke, jest

Conjugation

Conjugation of sedu

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tosedu	fosedu	misedu
2nd person		nosedu	nisedu
3rd person	masculine	osedu	isedu yosedu (archaic)
	feminine	mosedu
	neuter	isedu

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh