duda

duda f (plural dudes)

1. Alternative form of dulda

Borrowed from Spanish duda, from dudar, from Latin dubitāre.

duda

1. an uncertainty; doubt; disbelief
2. coffee senna (Senna occidentalis)

duda

1. to doubt; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect

Controversial origin.

• From a Slavic language; compare Czech dudy (“bagpipe”).
• From dúdol (“to hum”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdudɒ]

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• Hyphenation: du‧da
• Rhymes: -dɒ

duda (plural dudák)

1. horn (sound-making apparatus)
2. bagpipe
3. (slang) hooter (a woman's breast)

• duda in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• duda in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

duda

1. saliva; spittle

• IPA^(key): /duda/
• Rhymes: -uda, -da, -a

duda (Jawi spelling دودا, plural duda-duda, informal 1st possessive dudaku, 2nd possessive dudamu, 3rd possessive dudanya)

1. widower; a man who has lost his wife whether by divorce or through her death

• Indonesian: duda

• balu / janda / randa
• yatim

• “duda” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

See the main lemma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːda/

duda f (singulative, collective dud, plural dwied, paucal dudiet)

1. Alternative form of dudu (“worm”)

duda f (plural dudiet)

1. a term of endearment

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.da/

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• Rhymes: -uda
• Syllabification: du‧da
• Homophone: Duda

duda f

1. (music) bagpipe

   Synonyms: gajdy, (proscribed) kobza, (regional) kozioł

2. (music) hornpipe

duda m pers

1. (music) bagpiper

   Synonyms: (archaic) dudarz, dudziarz

duda m animal

1. (derogatory) oaf, slouch

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:niezdara

• duda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): [ˈduda]

duda f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of dudă

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ət̪ə/

duda?

1. (Lewis, informal) huh? pardon?

• dè rud? (Uist)
• diorta? (Harris)

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

• IPA^(key): /dúːda/

dȗda f

1. pacifier (for a baby)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /dùːda/, /dúːda/

dūda

1. (rare) nominative singular of dúde

Singular and dual forms are rarely used.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈduda/ [ˈd̪u.ð̞a]

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• Rhymes: -uda
• Syllabification: du‧da

Deverbal from dudar, from Latin dubitāre.

duda f (plural dudas)

1. doubt

   no ofrece dudas ― there's no doubt

   no admite dudas ― there's no doubt

   Me quedé con una duda. ― I was left doubting.

   arrojar dudas sobre algo ― raise doubts about something

   ofrecer dudas ― raise doubts

   suscitar dudas ― raise doubts

   • 1877, Francisco Miralles, Desde Júpiter:

     Solamente haremos notar, que al esponer a Uds. la estraña anomalía de fumar tabaco cuando se conoce el vapor, el telégrafo i la imprenta, no era nuestra mente arrojar dudas acerca de lo que con tanta justicia acaba de esponerse, esto es, que el desarrollo de los mundo se hace simultáneamente para todos los conocimientos, pero siguiendo órdenes diferentes, segun la naturaleza del planeta.

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2. second thought

duda

1. inflection of dudar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “duda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “duda” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN
• “duda” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.
• “duda” in Diccionario panhispánico del español jurídico, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2023.

Borrowed from Spanish duda, from dudar, from Latin dubitare.

• IPA^(key): /ˈduda/, [ˈdu.dɐ]
• Hyphenation: du‧da

duda (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇ)

1. doubt; uncertainty

   Synonyms: alinlangan, pag-aalinlangan

2. apprehension

   Synonyms: pangamba, kaba

• dudoso

duda (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇ)

1. doubting; in doubt

   Synonym: nag-aalinlangan

2. apprehensive

   Synonyms: nangangamba, kinakabahan

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

-duda

1. to dance (tribal)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Borrowed from Spanish duda.

duda

1. doubt

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-duda

1. to flatter, to humour
2. to indulge, to spoil
3. to excite, to arouse (anger or sexual)

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “duda”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “duda (6.3)”