# dua
## Translingual
### Symbol

dua
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Duala.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Duala terms

## English
### Noun

dua (countable and uncountable, plural duas)
* Alternative spelling of du'a'

### Anagrams

* ADU, Uda, AUD, DAU, aud, Au.D., dau., Adu, UDA, aud., Aud, dau

## Akan
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [düíà]

#### Noun

dua
* tail

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [düìá]

#### Noun

dua
* tree

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* due — Gheg

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdua]

### Etymology 1

From Old Albanian duo, from either:
* Proto-Albanian *dāusnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeus- (compare English choose, Greek γεύση (géfsi, “taste”), Italian gustare (“to taste”)); or
* *duām, from Proto-Albanian *duēs-mi, from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (compare English tire, Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”)).

#### Verb

dua (aorist desha, participle dashur)
* to want
* to love

##### Usage notes

* të dua

##### Conjugation

* Show compound tenses:

##### Derived terms

* dashës
* dashje
* dashuri
* do

##### Related terms

* duhem

#### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dua ~ due”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77-8
* ↑ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 147

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *dēma, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₁mn̥, from the root *deh₁- (“band”). Cognate to Ancient Greek -δημα (-dēma, “band”) and Sanskrit दमान् (dā́man-, “band”).

#### Noun

dua m
* sheaf

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [du.ɑ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dua (definite accusative duanı, plural dualar)
* prayer

#### Derived terms

* dua etmək

## Balinese
### Romanization

dua
* Romanization of ᬤᬸᬯ

## Banjarese
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dua(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Numeral

dua
* two

### References

* Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎, Canberra: The Australian National University
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*duSa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Bolongan
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdua/

### Numeral

dua
* two

### Further reading

* Adul, M. Asfandi (1985) “dua”, in Struktur Bahasa Bulungan‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

## Breton
### Etymology

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

### Verb

dua (mutated o tua)
* to blacken

### Mutation
## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dua(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dua/

### Numeral

dua}
* two

### References

* Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎, Canberra: The Australian National University
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*duSa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Buginese
### Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Numeral

dua (Lontara spelling ᨉᨘᨕ)
* two

## Central Melanau
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Numeral

dua
* two

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*duSa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ).

### Noun

dua
* prayer

#### Declension
### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
* “dua”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Dibabawon Manobo
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Numeral

dua
* two

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*duSa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Eastern Cham
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d̪ʊaː/

### Numeral

dua (Akhar Thrah spelling ꨕꨶ)
* two

### References

* Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎, Canberra: The Australian National University
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*duSa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From du with the adjective ending -a.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

dua (accusative singular duan, plural duaj, accusative plural duajn)
* (ordinal number) second

#### Abbreviations

* 2a, 2-a

## Fijian
### Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Oceanic *tewa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ⁿdu.a/

### Numeral

dua (^)
* one

## Iban
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dua(ʔ), Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Numeral

dua
* two

### References

* Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎, Canberra: The Australian National University
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*duSa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdwa/ [ˈdwɐ]
* Hyphenation: dua

### Numeral

dua
* two
    Synonym: dos

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*duSa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay dua, from Proto-Malayic *dua(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈdua/ [ˈdu.a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: du‧a

### Numeral

dua
* two

### References

* Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎, Canberra: The Australian National University
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*duSa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Iranun
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha.

### Numeral

dua
* two

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* duadh, duagh (superseded)

### Etymology

From Middle Irish dód, from Old Irish doud, from do- + sáith.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d̪ˠuə/

### Noun

dua m (genitive singular dua)
* toil

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
nominative
dua
vocative
a dhua
genitive
dua
dative
dua
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative
an dua
genitive
an dua
dative
leis an dua don dua :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ “dua”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dúad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 209, page 105

## Jarai
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /duː.ˈ(ʔ)a/

### Numeral

dua
* two

### References

* Siu, Lap Minh (2009 December) Developing the First Preliminary Dictionary of North American Jarai‎, Texas Tech University, page 73

## Lindu
### Noun

dua
* symptoms (of an illness)

## Maguindanao
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Numeral

duá
* two

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*duSa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* duwa, duă (1924-1972)

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dua(ʔ),, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (dua).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdua/ [ˈdu.a]
* Rhymes: -ua, -wa, -a
* (Johor-Riau) IPA: /ˈduə/ [ˈdu.ə]
* Audio (Malaysia, Johor-Riau):(file)
* Hyphenation: du‧a

### Numeral

dua (Jawi spelling دوا)
* two
    Synonym: dwi

#### Derived terms

* dua belas
* dua puluh
* dua ratus
* dua ribu

### References

* Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎, Canberra: The Australian National University
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*duSa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Ngaju
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha.

### Numeral

dua
* two

## Northern Kurdish
### Noun

dua f
* prayer (the specific words or methods used for praying)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* duen

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdʉːa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ʉːa
* Hyphenation: du‧a

### Noun

dua m or f
* definite feminine singular of due

### Anagrams

* dau

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

dua f (definite singular dua, indefinite plural duer or duor, definite plural duene or duone)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of due
* definite singular of due

## Old Frisian
### Verb

duā, dūa
* Alternative spelling of dwā

## Rade
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Numeral

dua
* two

## Sundanese
### Etymology

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /du.(w)a/
* Audio:(file)

### Numeral

dua (Sundanese script ᮓᮥᮃ)
* two

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

dua class IX (plural dua class X)
* incantation, supplication, prayer

#### Related terms

* -adua

#### See also

* ombi
* swala

### References

* ↑ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 102 Nr. 910

## Swedish
### Etymology

du +‎ -a

### Verb

dua (present duar, preterite duade, supine duat, imperative dua)
* to address (someone) with du (as opposed to a title or ni)

#### Usage notes

See the Wikipedia article on du-reformen for context.

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### See also

* duskål
* nia

### References

* dua in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* dua in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* dua in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* du'a

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ). Compare Maranao dowa'a, Maguindanao du'a, Tausug duwaa, and Malay doa.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /duˈʔa/ [d̪ʊˈʔa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: du‧a

### Noun

duá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜀ) (Islam)
* du'a' (private prayer by an individual)

#### See also

* dasal
* panalangin
* pangadyi
* sala

### Anagrams

* uad

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English door.

### Noun

dua
* door
    Synonym: pitu

## Turkish
### Alternative forms

* duâ (superseded spelling)

### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دعا (duʼâ) or دعاء (duʿā), from Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /duˈɑː/
* Hyphenation: du‧a
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dua (definite accusative duayı, plural dualar)
* (religion) prayer (practice of communicating with one's God)
* (religion) prayer (the specific words or methods used for praying)

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
dua
dualar
definite accusative
duayı
duaları
dative
duaya
dualara
locative
duada
dualarda
ablative
duadan
dualardan
genitive
duanın
duaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
duam
dualarım
2nd singular
duan
duaların
3rd singular
duası
duaları
1st plural
duamız
dualarımız
2nd plural
duanız
dualarınız
3rd plural
duaları
duaları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
duamı
dualarımı
2nd singular
duanı
dualarını
3rd singular
duasını
dualarını
1st plural
duamızı
dualarımızı
2nd plural
duanızı
dualarınızı
3rd plural
dualarını
dualarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
duama
dualarıma
2nd singular
duana
dualarına
3rd singular
duasına
dualarına
1st plural
duamıza
dualarımıza
2nd plural
duanıza
dualarınıza
3rd plural
dualarına
dualarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
duamda
dualarımda
2nd singular
duanda
dualarında
3rd singular
duasında
dualarında
1st plural
duamızda
dualarımızda
2nd plural
duanızda
dualarınızda
3rd plural
dualarında
dualarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
duamdan
dualarımdan
2nd singular
duandan
dualarından
3rd singular
duasından
dualarından
1st plural
duamızdan
dualarımızdan
2nd plural
duanızdan
dualarınızdan
3rd plural
dualarından
dualarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
duamın
dualarımın
2nd singular
duanın
dualarının
3rd singular
duasının
dualarının
1st plural
duamızın
dualarımızın
2nd plural
duanızın
dualarınızın
3rd plural
dualarının
dualarının :

#### Derived terms

* beddua
* dua almak
* dua etmek
* duacı
* duahan
* dualı
* duası tutmak
* duasız
* hayır dua
* karınca duası
* yağmur duası

#### Related terms

* dava
* davet
* iddia
* istida

### References

* ↑ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دعا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 904
* ↑ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دعا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 573
* ↑ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “دُعاء”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 610
* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dua”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* “dua”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dua”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1298

## Uma
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Numeral

dua
* two

## White Hmong
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /duə̯˧/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong *qru̯aᶜ (“to tear”).

#### Verb

dua
* to tear, to rip (intentionally)
    Muab dua pov tseg. ― Tear it up and get rid of it.
    Nws dua daim ntaub. ― She rips the cloth.

### Etymology 2

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff (for the "again" sense), though no reconstructed proto-form is given. The "to pass" sense, which she doesn't mention at all, may or may not be related ("again" > "more" > "surpass" > "pass").”

#### Adverb

dua
* again; repeat; another
    hais dua ― say again
* more than
    qab dua ― tastier

##### Derived terms

* sib ntsib dua (“goodbye”)

#### Verb

dua
* to pass on
* to go to
    Dua twg lawm? ― Where has it gone?
* to surpass

### References

* Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 38.
* ↑ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 274.
* ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25