duk

See also: dük, dûk, dúḵ, -duk, and -dük

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Duduela with k as a placeholder.

Symbol

duk

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Uyajitaya.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Uyajitaya terms

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

See medio-passive voice form duket (it seems like, appears like).

Noun

duk

  1. virtue
  2. attribute

Verb

duk (aorist duk, participle dukur), active voice

  1. it seemed
  2. it looked like
  3. it appeared

Conjugation

(*): Gheg forms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duk/ [d̪uk]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uk
  • Hyphenation: duk

Etymology 1

Verb

duk

  1. Informal second-person singular masculine (hik), taking third-person singular (hura) as direct object, present indicative form of izan.
Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.

Etymology 2

Verb

duk

  1. Masculine allocutive form of da.

Danish

Verb

duk

  1. imperative of dukke

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch doek, from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *duok, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

duk (plural duk-duk)

  1. a piece of cloth:
    1. cloth menstrual pad
    2. (surgery, colloquial) drape

Further reading

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Baku) IPA(key): /ˈduk/ [ˈduʔ]
    • Rhymes: -uʔ
  • Hyphenation: duk

Verb

duk

  1. (colloquial) apheretic form of duduk.
    Kau duk kat mana sekarang?
    Where do you live now?

Further reading

  • "duk" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Mauritian Creole

Noun

duk

  1. alternative spelling of douk

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from Old French duc, from Latin dux.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /diu̯k/, /duk/

    Noun

    duk (plural dukes)

    1. leader, guide, boss
    2. commander, general
    3. noble, lord (especially of high rank)
    4. duke (rank of nobility)
      • p. 1154, “AD 1129”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 87, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 8 February 2018:
        ſe an ƿæſ ᵹehaten petruſ · he ƿæſ munec of clunni ·⁊ ƿeaſ boren of þa ricceſte men of rome · mid him helden ða of rome ·⁊ ſe duc of ſicilie ·
        One was called Peter; he was a monk from Cluny who was descended from Rome's most powerful men. The people of Rome and the duke of Sicily sided with him.

    Descendants

    • English: duke
    • Scots: duik, duke
    • Breton: duk
    • Cornish: duk
    • Irish: diúc
    • Manx: duic
    • Scottish Gaelic: diùc
    • Welsh: dug

    References

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    From Old Norse dúkr and Middle Low German duk.

    Noun

    duk m (definite singular duken, indefinite plural duker, definite plural dukene)

    1. a cloth, tablecloth, altar cloth, dropcloth etc.
    2. canvas, tarpaulin
    3. bandana, handkerchief
    4. metal sieve

    Derived terms

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Etymology

    From Old Norse dúkr and Middle Low German duk.

    Noun

    duk m (definite singular duken, indefinite plural dukar, definite plural dukane)

    1. a cloth, tablecloth, altar cloth, dropcloth etc.
    2. canvas, tarpaulin
    3. bandana, handkerchief
    4. metal sieve

    Derived terms

    References

    Old Javanese

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *-Cuk.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /dʊk/
    • Rhymes: -dʊk
    • Hyphenation: duk

    Noun

    duk

    1. stab, thrust
    2. while
    3. (black) fibre of the sugar palm

    Derived terms

    Adverb

    duk

    1. just while

    Further reading

    • "duk" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

    Pangutaran Sama

    Noun

    duk

    1. garbage

    Polish

    Etymology

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Ciszewski points to Bruckner Prace fil. VI page 625 and duczaja”)

    Pronunciation

     
    • IPA(key): /ˈduk/
    • Rhymes: -uk
    • Syllabification: duk
    • Homophone: Duk

    Noun

    duk m inan

    1. (Far Masovian) hole in a tree caused by decay
    2. (Far Masovian) barrel for holding grain
    3. (Kuyavia) synonym of studnia

    Further reading

    • Stanisław Ciszewski (1909), “duk”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne[1] (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 205
    • Kazimierz Nitsch (1907), “duk”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 387

    Swedish

    Etymology

    From Old Norse dúkr, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dwōg-, *dwōk-.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈdʉːk/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ʉːk

    Noun

    duk c

    1. tablecloth; a similar piece of cloth used for protection or decoration of e.g. a chest of drawers
    2. (painting) canvas
    3. piece of cloth whose purpose is specified by the context
      Examples: halsduk, näsduk, segelduk

    Declension

    Declension of duk
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite duk duks
    definite duken dukens
    plural indefinite dukar dukars
    definite dukarna dukarnas

    Further reading

    Uzbek

    Etymology

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

    Noun

    duk (plural duklar)

    1. rapping, banging, tapping, thumping noise
    2. spindle
      Synonym: yig

    Declension

    Declension of duk
    singular plural
    nominative duk duklar
    genitive dukning duklarning
    dative dukka duklarga
    definite accusative dukni duklarni
    locative dukda duklarda
    ablative dukdan duklardan
    similative dukdek duklardek
    Possessive forms of duk
    1st person singular
    singular plural
    nominative dukim duklarim
    genitive dukimning duklarimning
    dative dukimga duklarimga
    definite accusative dukimni duklarimni
    locative dukimda duklarimda
    ablative dukimdan duklarimdan
    similative dukimdek duklarimdek
    2nd person singular
    singular plural
    nominative duking duklaring
    genitive dukingning duklaringning
    dative dukingga duklaringga
    definite accusative dukingni duklaringni
    locative dukingda duklaringda
    ablative dukingdan duklaringdan
    similative dukingdek duklaringdek
    3rd person singular
    singular plural
    nominative duki duklari
    genitive dukining duklarining
    dative dukiga duklariga
    definite accusative dukini duklarini
    locative dukida duklarida
    ablative dukidan duklaridan
    similative dukidek duklaridek
    1st person plural
    singular plural
    nominative dukimiz duklarimiz
    genitive dukimizning duklarimizning
    dative dukimizga duklarimizga
    definite accusative dukimizni duklarimizni
    locative dukimizda duklarimizda
    ablative dukimizdan duklarimizdan
    similative dukimizdek duklarimizdek
    2nd person plural
    singular plural
    nominative dukingiz duklaringiz
    genitive dukingizning duklaringizning
    dative dukingizga duklaringizga
    definite accusative dukingizni duklaringizni
    locative dukingizda duklaringizda
    ablative dukingizdan duklaringizdan
    similative dukingizdek duklaringizdek
    3rd person plural
    singular plural
    nominative duki duklari
    genitive dukining duklarining
    dative dukiga duklariga
    definite accusative dukini duklarini
    locative dukida duklarida
    ablative dukidan duklaridan
    similative dukidek duklaridek