duit
Catalan
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch duit, of uncertain origin. Possibly borrowed from Old Norse þveit (“cut-off piece of metal, small coin, doit”), related to Old English þwītan (“to cut, cutt off”) (whence dialectal English thwite).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dœy̯t/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: duit
- Rhymes: -œy̯t
Noun
duit m (plural duiten, diminutive duitje n)
- (historical) A doit, a Dutch copper coin with the value of 1⁄160 of a guilder, current before the decimalization of 1816.
- (informal, in the singular) An amount of money, a sum of money.
- Zij kon daarmee een aardige duit verdienen.
- She could make a pretty penny from that.
- (informal, in the plural) Money in general.
- "Blijf met je gore klauwen van me duiten af," krijste de vrek.
- "Keep your filthy mitts of me moola," the miser shrieked.
Derived terms
- duitendief
- duitenkliever
- een duit in het zakje doen
- geen duit geven om
- spaarduit
- vierduitstuk
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- doeit (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947))
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du.it/
- Hyphenation: du‧it
Noun
duit (first-person possessive duitku, second-person possessive duitmu, third-person possessive duitnya)
Derived terms
- berduit
- seduit
Descendants
- → Petjo: doewit
Further reading
- “duit” 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.
Irish
Derived terms
References
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 34
Javanese
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du.it/
- Rhymes: -it
Noun
duit (Jawi spelling دوءيت, plural duit-duit, informal 1st possessive duitku, 2nd possessive duitmu, 3rd possessive duitnya)
Derived terms
- duit belanja
- duit tunai
Further reading
- “duit” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old French
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdyi̯t/
- Rhymes: -it
Noun
duit oblique singular, m (oblique plural duiz or duitz, nominative singular duiz or duitz, nominative plural duit)
- stream
- Un duit unt cler e pessuns denz,
E cil em prenent plus que cenz. (Voyage of St Brendan, ll. 799-800)
- Un duit unt cler e pessuns denz,
Related terms
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dutʲ/
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