# duda
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈduda/ [ˈd̪u.ð̞a]
* Rhymes: -uda
* Syllabification: du‧da

### Noun

duda f (plural dudes)
* Alternative form of dulda.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish duda, from dudar, from Latin dubitāre.

### Noun

duda
* an uncertainty; doubt; disbelief
* coffee senna (Senna occidentalis)

### Verb

duda
* to doubt; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Controversial origin.
* From a Slavic language; compare Czech dudy (“bagpipe”).
* From dúdol (“to hum”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdudɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: du‧da
* Rhymes: -dɒ

### Noun

duda (plural dudák)
* horn (sound-making apparatus)
* bagpipe
* (slang) hooter (a woman's breast)

#### Derived terms

* dudál

### Further reading

* duda 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
* duda in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Ladino
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish dubda (“doubt”).

#### Noun

duda f (Hebrew spelling דודה)
* doubt (misgiving)
** 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎, page 190:Vered, viendo ke eyos no se estavan emosionando, i ke estavan en duda, se kedó en duda i eya.Vered was left in doubt, seeing that they were unexcited, and that they were in doubt.
** (Can we date this quote?), Folkmasa‎:El ignorante non tiene duda porke entiende poko de nadaThe ignorant have no doubt because they understand little about anything.

##### Derived terms

* sin duda

##### Related terms

* dudar
* dudozo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

duda (Hebrew spelling דודה)
* third-person singular present indicative of dudar

#### References

* ↑ “duda”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Maguindanao
### Noun

duda
* saliva; spittle

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /duda/
* Rhymes: -uda, -da, -a

### Noun

duda (Jawi spelling دودا, plural duda-duda, informal 1st possessive dudaku, 2nd possessive dudamu, 3rd possessive dudanya)
* widower; a man who has lost his wife whether by divorce or through her death

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: duda

#### See also

* balu / janda / randa
* yatim

### Further reading

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

## Maltese
### Etymology

See the main lemma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈduːda/

### Noun

duda f (singulative, collective dud, plural dwied, paucal dudiet)
* Alternative form of dudu (“worm”)

### Noun

duda f (plural dudiet)
* a term of endearment

## Polish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdu.da/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Western Greater Poland) IPA: /ˈdu.da/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uda
* Syllabification: du‧da
* Homophone: Duda

### Noun

duda f
* (music) bagpipe
    Synonyms: gajdy, (proscribed) kobza, (regional) kozioł
* (music) hornpipe

#### Declension
### Noun

duda m pers
* (music) bagpiper
    Synonyms: (archaic) dudarz, dudziarz

#### Declension
### Noun

duda m animal
* (derogatory) oaf, slouch
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:niezdara

#### Derived terms

* dudziarski
* dudarz
* dudziarz

#### Related terms

* duchnąć pf
* duć impf
* dudlać impf
* dudlić impf
* dudnieć impf

### Further reading

* duda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Oskar Kolberg (1877) “duda”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 27

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈduda]

### Noun

duda f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of dudă

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* (Lewis) IPA: /ˈd̪̊ɤd̪̊ə/

### Interjection

duda?
* (Lewis, informal) huh? pardon?

#### Synonyms

* dè rud? (Uist)
* diorta? (Harris)

### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

## Slovene
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dúːda/

#### Noun

dȗda f
* pacifier (for a baby)

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dùːda/, /dúːda/

#### Noun

dūda
* (rare) nominative singular of dúde

##### Inflection

Singular and dual forms are rarely used.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈduda/ [ˈd̪u.ð̞a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -uda
* Syllabification: du‧da

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish dubda (“doubt”).

#### Noun

duda f (plural dudas)
* doubt
    no ofrece dudas ― there’s no doubt
    no admite dudas ― there’s no doubt
    Me quedé con una duda. ― I was left doubting.
    arrojar dudas sobre algo ― raise doubts about something
    ofrecer dudas ― raise doubts
    suscitar dudas ― raise doubts
** 1877, Francisco Miralles, Desde Júpiter:Solamente haremos notar, que al esponer a Uds. la estraña anomalía de fumar tabaco cuando se conoce el vapor, el telégrafo i la imprenta, no era nuestra mente arrojar dudas acerca de lo que con tanta justicia acaba de esponerse, esto es, que el desarrollo de los mundo se hace simultáneamente para todos los conocimientos, pero siguiendo órdenes diferentes, segun la naturaleza del planeta.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* second thought

##### Alternative forms

* dubda (obsolete)

##### Derived terms

* ante la duda
* ante la duda, la más tetuda
* beneficio de la duda
* dudar
* dudoso
* la duda ofende
* no te quepa duda
* por las dudas
* salir de dudas
* sin duda
* sin lugar a dudas

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

duda
* inflection of dudar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “duda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “duda” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN
* “duda”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
* “duda” in Diccionario panhispánico del español jurídico, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2023.

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish duda, from dudar, from Latin dubitare.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈduda/ [ˈd̪uː.d̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -uda
* Syllabification: du‧da

### Noun

duda (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇ)
* doubt; uncertainty
    Synonyms: alinlangan, pag-aalinlangan
* apprehension
    Synonyms: pangamba, kaba

#### Derived terms

* dinuda
* ikaduda
* ipagduda
* maduda
* magduda
* makaduda
* makipagdudahan
* mapagduda
* pagduda
* pagdudahan
* pagdududa
* pagkakaduda
* paladuda
* papagdudahin
* tagaduda
* tagapagduda

#### Related terms

* dudoso

### Adjective

duda (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇ)
* doubting; in doubt
    Synonym: nag-aalinlangan
* apprehensive
    Synonyms: nangangamba, kinakabahan

## Xhosa
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

-duda
* to dance (tribal)

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Yogad
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish duda.

### Noun

duda
* doubt

## Zulu
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

-duda
* to flatter, to humour
* to indulge, to spoil
* to excite, to arouse (anger or sexual)

#### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “duda”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “duda (6.3)”