dadu

See also: Dadu, dadü, dàdū, Dàdū, dàdù, and dǎdǔ

Asturian

Noun

dadu m (plural dados)

  1. die (polyhedron with symbols on each side)

Indonesian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈd̪ad̪u]
  • Hyphenation: da‧du

Etymology 1

From Malay dadu (“die”), from Portuguese dado (“die”), from Old Galician-Portuguese dado, itself from a Vulgar Latin *dadu, of uncertain origin; possibly from Classical Arabic أَعْدَاد (ʔaʕdād, “numbers”), or from Latin datum.

Noun

dadu (first-person possessive daduku, second-person possessive dadumu, third-person possessive dadunya)

  1. (gaming) die, a regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
  2. cube
    Synonym: kubus
Derived terms
  • berdadu

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Adjective

dadu

  1. pink.
    Synonym: merah muda

Further reading

Maguindanao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arado.

Noun

dadu

  1. plough; plow

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀤𑀤𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • ददु (Devanagari script)
  • দদু (Bengali script)
  • දදු (Sinhalese script)
  • ဒဒု or ၻၻု (Burmese script)
  • ททุ or ทะทุ (Thai script)
  • ᨴᨴᩩ (Tai Tham script)
  • ທທຸ or ທະທຸ (Lao script)
  • ទទុ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄘𑄘𑄪 (Chakma script)

Verb

dadu

  1. third-person plural imperfect active of dadāti (“to give”)

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese dado.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

dadu (ma class, plural madadu)

  1. die (polyhedron with symbols on each side)
  2. a game of dice
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