udu

udu

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Uduk terms

Borrowed from Igbo udu (“pot”).

udu (plural udus)

1. A jug-shaped percussion instrument of Igbo origin.

From Proto-Mongolic *edür. Compare Mongolian өдөр (ödör).

• IPA^(key): /uˈtu/

udu

1. day

From Proto-Finnic *utu, see there for further etymology. Cognates include Finnish utu, Livonian u’d, Votic and Ingrian utu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈud̥u/, [ˈud̥u]

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• Rhymes: -udu
• Hyphenation: udu

udu (genitive udu, partitive udu)

1. fog, mist, haze

   Near-synonyms: sumu, hägu

   hommikune udu ― morning fog

   sügisene udu ― autumn fog

   madal udu ― low fog

   Udu langes maha. ― The fog descended.

   Järve poolt tõuseb udu. ― Fog rises from the lake.

   Mere kohale on kerkinud udu. ― Fog has risen over the sea.

   Udu tiheneb. ― The fog is getting denser.

   Udu hõreneb. ― The fog is clearing.

   Väljas on tihe udu. ― There's thick fog outside.

   Tuul ajas udu laiali. ― The wind dispersed the fog.

   Udu tõttu lükati lend edasi. ― The flight was delayed due to fog.

   Läbi udu ei näe midagi. ― You can't see anything through the fog.

   Meri mattus uttu. ― The sea was covered with fog.

   Mägede tipud on uttu mähkunud. ― The mountain peaks are shrouded in mist.

   Mäletan juhtunut nagu läbi udu. ― I remember what happened as if through a fog.

   uttu tõmbama (colloquial) ― to go away (literally, “to pull into the fog”)

   Mälestused on kadunud aegade uttu. ― Memories have faded into the mist of time.

   Ta hõljub kuulsuse roosas udus. ― (S)he is floating in the pink haze of fame.

   udu ajama ― to talk nonsense, to equivocate, to lie (literally, “to drive fog”)

   • 1979, Mati Unt, Sügisball, Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, →ISBN, pages 73–74:

     Kogu maailm oli vahepeal kadunud. Neile avanes hall eimiski. Alles natukese aja pärast said nad aru, et linnale oli tulemaalase laulu ajal laskunud erakordselt tihe udu. Polnud näha ühtki tuld, ühtki maja, ühtki kontuuri, ühtki detaili. Vaatepilt oli ühtlane, see polnudki pilt, vaid raamitud tühjus.

     The whole world had disappeared in the meantime. A gray nothingness opened up before them. Only after a moment did they realize that an unusually thick fog had descended on the city during his song. No lights, no houses, no outlines, no details were visible. The view was uniform; it was not a picture, but a framed emptiness.

   1. mist, steam, vapor/vapour
2. (astronomy) nebula

   Synonym: udukogu

   Andromeeda udu ― Andromeda nebula

3. deceptive, (deliberately) misleading nonsense

   Synonyms: häma, hämu

4. (colloquial, also used adjectivally) an absent-minded, forgetful, or slow-witted person

• udu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “udu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.du/
• Rhymes: -udu
• Syllabification: u‧du

udu n

1. dative singular of udo

From Latin ūdus (“wet”). Cognate with Aromanian ud, Dalmatian joit, Italian uggia, Romanian ud.

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.du/, [ˈu.dʊ] (standard)
• Hyphenation: ù‧du

udu m

1. (cooking) the cooking water while it is boiling

   Sta' 'ttentu a l'acqua ca vuḍḍi ca putissi nèsciri u udu dâ pignata.

   Be careful of the boiling water that "what's boiled" could come out of the pot.

udu

1. dative/locative singular of ud

From English wood.

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.du/

udu

1. wood
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     Kuljara va ju no habi bunne hudu, da buba soso

     Your canoe doesn't have proper wood, it's just sapwood.

udu

1. wooden

udu

1. romanization of 𒇻 (udu)

udu

1. accusative singular of ut
2. third-person singular possessive of ut

Compared by Voorhoeve with Tidore iru (“to blow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.d̪u/

udu

1. (intransitive) to blow

udu

1. the wind

• wudu

• James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[2], Pacific linguistics
• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[3], Pacific linguistics