# dudu
## Javanese
### Romanization

dudu
* Romanization of ꦢꦸꦢꦸ

## Maltese
### Alternative forms

* duda (also used as a term of endearment)

### Etymology

Singulative derivation from Arabic دُود (dūd).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈduː.du/

### Noun

dudu m (singulative, plural dwied, paucal dudiet)
* singulative of dud
** c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Profeta Ġona 4:7:imma kif sebaħ l-għada, Alla bagħat dudu li mess is-siġra u din nixfet.New International Version translation: But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered.

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

dudu class V (plural madudu class VI)
* Augmentative of mdudu: large insect

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Persian طوطی.
Compare Middle Armenian թութակ (tʻutʻak), Arabic طُوطَق (ṭūṭaq, “parrot”), Iranian borrowings.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dudu]
* Hyphenation: du‧du

### Noun

dudu (definite accusative duduyu, plural dudular)
* (archaic, poetic) parrot

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
dudu
dudular
definite accusative
duduyu
duduları
dative
duduya
dudulara
locative
dududa
dudularda
ablative
dududan
dudulardan
genitive
dudunun
duduların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
dudum
dudularım
2nd singular
dudun
duduların
3rd singular
dudusu
duduları
1st plural
dudumuz
dudularımız
2nd plural
dudunuz
dudularınız
3rd plural
duduları
duduları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
dudumu
dudularımı
2nd singular
dudunu
dudularını
3rd singular
dudusunu
dudularını
1st plural
dudumuzu
dudularımızı
2nd plural
dudunuzu
dudularınızı
3rd plural
dudularını
dudularını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
duduma
dudularıma
2nd singular
duduna
dudularına
3rd singular
dudusuna
dudularına
1st plural
dudumuza
dudularımıza
2nd plural
dudunuza
dudularınıza
3rd plural
dudularına
dudularına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
dudumda
dudularımda
2nd singular
dudunda
dudularında
3rd singular
dudusunda
dudularında
1st plural
dudumuzda
dudularımızda
2nd plural
dudunuzda
dudularınızda
3rd plural
dudularında
dudularında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
dudumdan
dudularımdan
2nd singular
dudundan
dudularından
3rd singular
dudusundan
dudularından
1st plural
dudumuzdan
dudularımızdan
2nd plural
dudunuzdan
dudularınızdan
3rd plural
dudularından
dudularından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
dudumun
dudularımın
2nd singular
dudunun
dudularının
3rd singular
dudusunun
dudularının
1st plural
dudumuzun
dudularımızın
2nd plural
dudunuzun
dudularınızın
3rd plural
dudularının
dudularının :

## Uneapa
### Etymology

From Proto-Meso-Melanesian *dudu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /duⁿdu/

### Noun

dudu
* cassowary

### Further reading

* Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd̪u.d̪u/

### Verb

dudu
* (intransitive) to sink

#### Conjugation
### References

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

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* dídú
* dídún

### Etymology

From dídú, partial reduplication of dú (“to be black or dark”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dú.dú/

### Adjective

dúdú
* black; dark; deep green; deep blue
    ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ dúdúgreen banana
    Ẹyẹ dúdú yẹn rẹwà ― That black bird is beautiful
* dark-skinned
    Antonym: pupa (“light-skinned”)

### Noun

dúdú
* blackness; black colour
* something that is black or dark in colour
    Aṣọ wo lẹ fẹ́ rà? Dúdú ni mo fẹ́.Which textile do you want to buy? I want the black one.

#### See also

Colors in Yoruba · àwọn àwọ̀ (layout · text) :
| funfun | àwọ̀ eérú | dúdú |
| pupa; àwọ̀ pípọ́n dòdò | àwọ̀ òrom̀bó, àwọ̀ olómi ọsàn; àwọ̀ igi, àwọ̀ ilẹ̀ | àwọ̀ ìyeyè |
| | àwọ̀ ewé | |
| | àwọ̀ aró rẹ́súrẹ́sú | àwọ̀ ọ̀run, àwọ̀ aró, búlúù |
| àwọ̀ búlúù rẹ́súrẹ́sú; àwọ̀ aró | àwọ̀ elésè àlùkò, èsè | àwọ̀ pupa rẹ́súrẹ́sú, àwọ̀ osùn |

### Verb

dúdú
* to be black, dark, deep green or deep blue
    Synonym: dú
    Ẹyẹ yẹn dúdú ― That bird is black
    Ó ti dúdú sí i nítorí oòrùn tó pa á ― It has darkened due to sun damage

#### Derived terms

* dúdú osùn
* ewédú (“jute mallow; ewedu soup”)
* fi dúdú pe funfun (“to be dishonest”)
* ọṣẹ dúdú (“black soap”)