# wudu
## English
### Alternative forms

* wudu', wudhu, wuzu, woodoo

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwuːduː/, /ˈwʊduː/

### Noun

wudu (uncountable)
* (Islam) form of ritual washing of the forearms, head, and feet, required after minor impurity, frequently performed immediately before prayer
* (Islam) the state of purity that is achieved by this washing

#### Synonyms

* abdest
* ablution

#### Coordinate terms

* ghusl
* wazukhana

#### Translations
## Borôro
### Verb

wudu
* to fall

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay [Term?] (Standard Malay wuduk), from Arabic وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwu.du/
* Rhymes: -du
* Hyphenation: wu‧du

### Noun

wudu (plural wudu-wudu)
* (Islam) wudu:
** form of ritual washing of the forearms, head, and feet, required after minor impurity, frequently performed immediately before prayer
** the state of purity that is achieved by this washing

#### Alternative forms

* udu
* uduk
* wudhu
* wudlu
* wuduk
The Standard Malay form in Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore is wuduk.

#### Derived terms

* berwudu

### Further reading

* “wudu” 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.

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* widu, wiodu, wudo
* ᚹᚢᛞᚢ (wudu) — Franks Casket

### Etymology

Dissimilated from earlier widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz, from Proto-Indo-European *widʰu- (“tree, beam”).
Cognate with Old Saxon widu, Old High German witu, Old Norse viðr. The Indo-European root is also the source of Old Irish fid, Welsh gwŷdd.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwu.du/

### Noun

wudu m
* wood
* forest, woods
** Laws of King Ine
    Ðonne mon bēam on wuda forbǣrne, ⁊ weorðe yppe on þone ðe hit dȳde, ġielde hē fulwīte: ġeselle LX sċill., forþamþe fȳr bið þēof.If a man burns up a tree in a forest, and it becomes known who did it, he shall pay a full fine: he shall pay sixty shillings, for fire is a thief.
* tree

#### Declension

Strong u-stem:

#### Synonyms

* (wood): holt
* (forest): holt, weald
* (tree): trēow, bēam

#### Derived terms

* wuduweard (“forester”)

#### Descendants

* Middle English: wude, wode
** English: wood
** Scots: wude, wuid

#### See also

* triewen (“wooden”)

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English voodoo, from Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole vodou, from a West African language.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvu.du/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -udu
* Syllabification: wu‧du

### Noun

wudu n (indeclinable)
* Alternative spelling of voodoo

### Further reading

* wudu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈwudu/ [ˈwuː.d̪ʊ]
* Rhymes: -udu
* Syllabification: wu‧du

### Noun

wudu (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜓᜇᜓ) (Islam)
* wudu

#### See also

* abdas
* ablusyon

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwu.d̪u/

### Verb

wudu
* (intransitive) Alternative form of udu (“to blow”)

#### Conjugation
### Noun

wudu
* Alternative form of udu (“wind”)

### References

* James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics