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adu

1. imperative of adi

• aɖú (Benin)

From Proto-Gbe *aɖú. Cognates include Fon aɖǔ, Saxwe Gbe aɖú, Aja aɖu

• IPA^(key): /a.ɖú/

adú (plural adú lẹ́) (Nigeria)

1. tooth

• IPA^(key): /ʔá.dú/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔá.dɪ́]

adu f (possessed form adun)

1. smallpox

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒdu]
• Hyphenation: adu
• Rhymes: -du

adu (plural aduk)

1. trump (the suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others)

• adu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• adu in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

• adoe (pre-1947)

From Malay adu, from Classical Malay ادو (adu), from Old Malay hadu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *adu (“compete, confront in a contest”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈadu/
• Hyphenation: adu

adu

1. to compete, to contest
2. to complain

adu

1. competition

   Synonym: lomba

2. cockfight

• “adu” 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.

adu

1. first-person singular present indicative of adīt

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hadu, from Proto-Austronesian *Sadu. Cognate with Puyuma sadru and Yami aro.

adú

1. many

• ادو

• IPA^(key): /ˈadu/
• Hyphenation: adu

From Malay adu, from Classical Malay ادو (adu), from Old Malay hadu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *adu (“compete, confront in a contest”). See beradu.

adu

1. to compete, to contest.

   Mereka sedang adu tenaga.

   They are currently competing in strength.

2. to fight.

   Dia adu musuhnya seorang diri.

   He fought his enemy alone.

3. to complain

adu (plural adu-adu, informal 1st possessive aduku, 2nd possessive adumu, 3rd possessive adunya)

1. competition; usually as peraduan.

adu

1. (royal, poetic) to sleep. See beradu.

• “adu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈdʊ/

adu m (Arabic spelling ئادو)

1. Alternative form of edû (“enemy; rival”)

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “adu”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 2

• IPA^(key): [ˈadu]

adu

1. second-person singular imperative of aduce

adu (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⵓ)

1. under, underneath

   Synonym: sadu

   adu tfřewt

   Under the wood.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.du/

adu

1. spleen

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.d̪u/

adu

1. (transitive) to fell a tree

   Synonym: telo

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics