# dodo
## English
### Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps from obsolete Portuguese doudo (“fool, simpleton, silly, stupid”) or Dutch dodaars. First attested in the 17th century.

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdəʊdəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈdoʊˌdoʊ/
* Rhymes: -əʊdəʊ
* Hyphenation: do‧do

#### Noun

dodo (plural dodoes or dodos)
* A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
** 1835, Charles Lyell, chapter XLI, in Principles of Geology […] , 4th edition, volume III, London: John Murray, Book III, pages 133–134:In spite of the most active search, during the last century, no information respecting the dodo was obtained, and some authors have gone so far as to pretend that it never existed; […]
** 1839, Charles Darwin, chapter IX, in The Voyage of the Beagle‎:Within a very few years after these islands shall have become regularly settled, in all probability this fox will be classed with the dodo, as an animal which has perished from the face of the earth.
** 2017 May 3, Mark Carnall, “Finding zombies, ghosts and Elvis in the fossil record”, in The Guardian‎:Wildlife biologist Stanley Temple hypothesised that perhaps the dodo tree was dependent on its seeds passing through the digestive system of dodos in order to properly germinate and that the handful of individuals in the 1970s were the last remaining trees from seeds that passed through a dodo in the 1690s-1700s when they went extinct.
* (figuratively) A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.
* (golf) A hole in one.
** 2012, Arv Olson, Backspin: 120 Years of Golf in British Columbia, page 253:"Most of the aces weren't on holes I would have liked to have made them on," confessed Colk, who dropped his fifth dodo of 1935 on December 29, which was believed at the time to be a record for most aces in a year.

##### Derived terms

* as dead as a dodo
* dead as a dodo
* dodo bird
* dodoesque
* dodoism
* dodolike
* dodoness
* dodo tree
* go the way of the dodo
* go the way of the dodo bird
* little dodo

##### See also

* didine
* ratite

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Yoruba dòdò (“fried plantain”).

#### Noun

dodo (uncountable)
* (Nigeria) Fried plantain.
** 2015, Kemi Quinn, African Dishes Made Easy:Dodo is everybody's favorite! It is a superb snack, a side dish, a breakfast food or a dessert all rolled into one. The best dodo is made from soft (almost over ripe) plantain which is cut in 1/2 inch thick diagonal slices and fried to a crispy golden brown.
** 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen: A Novel:Mother had banned it a year or so earlier after Obembe and I stole pieces from Mother's cooler, and lied that we'd seen rats eating the dodos.
** 2018, Remmi Smith, The Healthy Teen Cookbook: Around the World In 80 Fantastic Recipes:One popular Nigerian dish is fried plantain, which is called “dodo.”

##### Derived terms

* gizdodo

### Anagrams

* dood

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from English dodo, of uncertain etymology.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: do‧do

### Noun

dodo
* dodo (Raphus cucullatus)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdoːdoː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: do‧do

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese dodô.

#### Noun

dodo m (plural dodo's, diminutive dodootje n)
* dodo, †Raphus cucullatus
    Synonyms: dodaars, dronte, walgvogel

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French dodo.

#### Noun

dodo m (uncountable)
* (Belgium, childish) sleep, nighty night
    Synonym: dokes
    Wil je dodo doen? ― Do you want to go to sleep?

### Anagrams

* dood

## Esperanto
### Alternative forms

* dido

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdodo]
* Rhymes: -odo
* Hyphenation: do‧do

### Noun

dodo (accusative singular dodon, plural dodoj, accusative plural dodojn)
* dodo

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English dodo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdodo/, [ˈdo̞do̞]
* Rhymes: -odo
* Hyphenation: do‧do

### Noun

dodo
* dodo (extinct bird of the family Columbidae)
* dodo, †Raphus cucullatus (type species of the family)
* solitaire (two extinct birds of the family Columbidae, more specifically Réunion soilitaire, †Raphus solitarius and Rodriques solitaire, †Pezophaps solitaria)

#### Usage notes

* Réunion solitaire has been reclassified taxonomically and is now preferably called Réunion ibis ( †Threskiornis solitarius).

#### Declension

Possessive forms of dodo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dodoni
dodoni
accusative
nom.
dodoni
dodoni
gen.
dodoni
genitive
dodoni
dodojeni
partitive
dodoani
dodojani
inessive
dodossani
dodoissani
elative
dodostani
dodoistani
illative
dodooni
dodoihini
adessive
dodollani
dodoillani
ablative
dodoltani
dodoiltani
allative
dodolleni
dodoilleni
essive
dodonani
dodoinani
translative
dodokseni
dodoikseni
abessive
dodottani
dodoittani
instructive
comitative
—dodoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dodosi
dodosi
accusative
nom.
dodosi
dodosi
gen.
dodosi
genitive
dodosi
dodojesi
partitive
dodoasi
dodojasi
inessive
dodossasi
dodoissasi
elative
dodostasi
dodoistasi
illative
dodoosi
dodoihisi
adessive
dodollasi
dodoillasi
ablative
dodoltasi
dodoiltasi
allative
dodollesi
dodoillesi
essive
dodonasi
dodoinasi
translative
dodoksesi
dodoiksesi
abessive
dodottasi
dodoittasi
instructive
comitative
—dodoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dodomme
dodomme
accusative
nom.
dodomme
dodomme
gen.
dodomme
genitive
dodomme
dodojemme
partitive
dodoamme
dodojamme
inessive
dodossamme
dodoissamme
elative
dodostamme
dodoistamme
illative
dodoomme
dodoihimme
adessive
dodollamme
dodoillamme
ablative
dodoltamme
dodoiltamme
allative
dodollemme
dodoillemme
essive
dodonamme
dodoinamme
translative
dodoksemme
dodoiksemme
abessive
dodottamme
dodoittamme
instructive
comitative
—dodoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dodonne
dodonne
accusative
nom.
dodonne
dodonne
gen.
dodonne
genitive
dodonne
dodojenne
partitive
dodoanne
dodojanne
inessive
dodossanne
dodoissanne
elative
dodostanne
dodoistanne
illative
dodoonne
dodoihinne
adessive
dodollanne
dodoillanne
ablative
dodoltanne
dodoiltanne
allative
dodollenne
dodoillenne
essive
dodonanne
dodoinanne
translative
dodoksenne
dodoiksenne
abessive
dodottanne
dodoittanne
instructive
comitative
—dodoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dodonsa
dodonsa
accusative
nom.
dodonsa
dodonsa
gen.
dodonsa
genitive
dodonsa
dodojensa
partitive
dodoaan dodoansa
dodojaan dodojansa
inessive
dodossaan dodossansa
dodoissaan dodoissansa
elative
dodostaan dodostansa
dodoistaan dodoistansa
illative
dodoonsa
dodoihinsa
adessive
dodollaan dodollansa
dodoillaan dodoillansa
ablative
dodoltaan dodoltansa
dodoiltaan dodoiltansa
allative
dodolleen dodollensa
dodoilleen dodoillensa
essive
dodonaan dodonansa
dodoinaan dodoinansa
translative
dodokseen dodoksensa
dodoikseen dodoiksensa
abessive
dodottaan dodottansa
dodoittaan dodoittansa
instructive
comitative
—dodoineen dodoinensa :

#### Synonyms

* (Raphus cucullatus): mauritiuksendodo

#### Derived terms

* mauritiuksendodo (†Raphus cucullatus, dodo)
* reunionindodo (†Raphus solitarius, Réunion solitaire)
* rodriguezindodo (†Pezophaps solitaria, Rodrigues solitaire)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /do.do/

### Etymology 1

Childish reduplication of dormir.

#### Noun

dodo m (plural dodos)
* (childish) sleep, kip
    Tu veux faire dodo? ― Do you want to go to sleep?

##### Derived terms

* métro, boulot, dodo

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese doudo or Dutch dodaars.

#### Noun

dodo m (plural dodos)
* a dodo bird

### Further reading

* “dodo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɔ.do/
* Rhymes: -ɔdo
* Hyphenation: dò‧do

### Noun

dodo m (plural dodi)
* dodo

### Anagrams

* Oddo

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology 1

From French dodo.

#### Noun

dodo
* dodo bird

### Etymology 2

From French dodo.

#### Verb

dodo
* to sleep (childish)

### References

* Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba dòdò (“fried plantain”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dòdò/

### Noun

dodo
* Fried plantain.
** 2021 July 6, “RMD: Richard Mofe-Damijo profile inside six fun facts”, in BBC Pidgin‎:RMD bin love beans and dodo (fried plantain) but e change di diet plan for health reasons.RMD loved beans and fried plantain but he changed his diet plan for health reasons.

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

Substantive form of dōt (“dead”).

### Noun

dōdo m
* dead person

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: dôde
** Dutch: dode

#### Further reading

* “dōdo”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Seychellois Creole
### Etymology

From French dodo.

### Verb

dodo
* to sleep

### References

* Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdodo/ [ˈd̪o.ð̞o]
* Rhymes: -odo
* Syllabification: do‧do

### Noun

dodo m (plural dodos)
* dodo
    Synonym: (obsolete) dronte

### Further reading

* “dodo”, 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

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

dodo class V (plural madodo class VI)
* breast (organ)

#### Synonyms

* ziwa

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈdodoʔ/ [ˈd̪oː.d̪oʔ]
* Rhymes: -odoʔ
* Syllabification: do‧do

### Noun

dodò (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇᜓ)
* Alternative form of dede

## Ye'kwana
### Etymology

Probably from Spanish loro (“parrot”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [doɾ̠o]

### Noun

dodo
* the yellow-crowned amazon, Amazona ochrocephala
* the blue-fronted amazon, Amazona aestiva
* the two-striped forest-pitviper or parrotsnake, Bothrops bilineatus

### References

* Alberto Rodriguez, Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey, Hernán Castellanos, et al., editors (2012), “dodo”, in Ye’kwana-Sanema Nüchü’tammeküdü Medewadinña Tüwötö’se’totojo [Guidelines for the management of the Ye’kwana and Sanema territories in the Caura River basin in Venezuela]‎ (overall work in Ye'kwana and Spanish), Forest Peoples Programme, →ISBN, pages 120, 126
* Ye’kwana nonoodö: yawaadeejudinnha wenhä = Território Ye’kwana: a vida em Auaris‎ (overall work in Ye'kwana and Portuguese), São Paulo: ISA – Instituto Socioambiental, 2017, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 91: “dodo”
* Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 388: “dodo - parrot (>Sp)”
* Hall, Katherine (2007) “dodo”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1

Noun sense derives from the ideophone sense.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dò.dò/

#### Ideophone

dòdò
* (of an object) being deeply or richly red
    rẹ̀ dòdò ― To turn or become a deep red
    Ara wọn rẹ̀ dòdò bíi ẹ̀jẹ̀.Their body turned dark red like blood.
** 1997, Sachnine Michika, “dòdò”, in Dictionnaire usuel yorùbá-français suivi d'un index français-yorùbá (overall work in French), Ibadan, Nigeria: Éditions Karthala and IFRA-Ibadan, →ISBN, page 220:Àwọn Yorùbá kì í wọ aṣọ tó bá rẹ̀ dòdò.The Yoruba do not wear bright red clothes.
** 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, “dòdò”, in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:Ó rẹ̀ dòdò bí òòrùn alẹ́.It turned deep red like the late evening sun.
** 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, “dòdò”, in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:Ó já sí pápá, ó rẹ̀ dòdò, ó so igba àdó mọ́rí.It bursts into the open field, it comes out in deep red, it ties two hundred tiny gourds on its head (riddle = imí/ìgbẹ́ (feces))
** 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting A. Babalola, “dòdò”, in Orin Ọdẹ fún Àṣeyẹ‎, number LDC2008L03, 1973, Ibadan: Macmillan Nigeria Publishers Ltd., page 26, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:Ìlẹ̀pa dòdò kì í jẹ́ kí òkú bẹ̀nìyàn wò.The deep red laterite from fresh grave does not allow the dead to come and visit his relations.
** 2009, “Gẹnẹsisi 49”, in Bíbélì Mímọ́ Yorùbá Òde Òn [Yoruba Contemporary Bible (YCB)], Biblica, Inc:12: Ojú rẹ̀ yóò rẹ̀ dòdò ju wáìnì lọ.12: His eyes will become redder than wine.

##### Derived terms

* arẹ̀dòdò (“one that is deeply red; deeply red”)
* dòdòòdò (“of an object being very deeply or richly red”)
* rẹ̀ dòdò (“to be a deep red, (of a sauce) to look appetizing”)
* ìrẹ̀dòdò (“having a deep red color”)

#### Noun

dòdò
* Fried plantain
    dín dòdò ― to fry plantain
    Dòdò díndín kò ṣòro rárá.Frying plantain isn't hard at all.
** 1993 November 24, Antonia Yétúndé Fọlárìn Schleicher, Jẹ́ K'Á Sọ Yorùbá [Let's Speak Yoruba], Yale University, →ISBN, page 197:Oúnjẹ tí mo fẹ́ràn ju ni dòdò. Oúnjẹ díndín ni dòdò. Dòdò kò ṣòro láti dín rárá.My favorite food is fried plantain. It's a fried food. (Fried) Plantain isn't hard to fry at all.

##### Derived terms

* adíndòdò (“one who fries ripe plantain”)
* onídòdò (“an owner or seller of fried plantain”)
* dòdò Ìkire (“a Yoruba dish”)

##### Descendants

* → English: dodo
* → Nigerian Pidgin: dodo

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dò.dō/

#### Noun

dòdo
* Callichilia

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dò.dō/

#### Noun

dòdo
* The poison devil's-pepper, Rauvolfia vomitoria

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dò.dō/

#### Noun

dòdo
* Tabernaemontana pachysiphon

### Etymology 5

From di (“to become”) +‎ odò (“river”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dō.dò/

#### Verb

dodò
* to become or be transformed into a river or stream
** 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting I. O. Delano, “dodò”, in Orin Ọdẹ fún Àṣeyẹ‎, number LDC2008L03, 1966, Ibadan: University Press Limited, page 24, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:Ìrì kérékéré níí dodò; ìrì wàràwàrà níí dòjò, kí ọmọdé méje kọ oúnjẹ alẹ́ níí dìjà àgbàlagbà.Just as it is the trickles of dew that become a stream, and it is the falling of heavy dews that form rains, so for seven siblings to refuse their dinner would provoke a fight between adults (proverb on the danger of minor events).

##### Alternative forms

* d'odò (standard orthography when odò has a qualifier)

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dō.dō/

#### Noun

dodo
* The plants Adenia lobata and Adenia cissampeloides.

### Etymology 7

From dé (“to arrive at”) +‎ odò (“river”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dó.dò/

#### Verb

dódò
* to arrive at a river or stream
** 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, “dódò”, in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:Mo dódò mo kàndí/tìró, mi ò rọ́lọ́kọ̀ tí yóò tù mí gàlé, omi ńlá ti gbé ẹja lọ!I got to the river and stood back; I did not find a canoe man to pilot me across; the bigger river has swept off the fish!

##### Alternative forms

* d'ódò (standard orthography when odò has a qualifier)

##### Derived terms

* adódò (“the one that arrives at the river”)
* adódòmáwẹ̀ (“the one that arrives at the river but does not clean themselves”)

### References

* Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
* Gbile, Z. O. (1984) Vernacular Names of Nigerian Plants (in Yoruba), Ibadan, Nigeria: Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, pages 533-534
* Verger, Pierre Fatumbi (1997) Ewé: The Use of Plants in Yoruba Society, Sāo Paulo: Companhia das Latras, page 20