dua

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Translingual

Symbol

dua

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Duala.

English

Noun

dua (countable and uncountable, plural duas)

Alternative spelling of du'a'

Anagrams

ADU, Uda, AUD, DAU, aud, Au.D., dau., Adu, UDA, aud., Aud, dau

Akan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [düíà]

Noun

dua

tail

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [düìá]

Noun

dua

tree

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Albanian

Alternative forms

due — Gheg

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdua]

Etymology 1

From Old Albanian duo, from either:

Proto-Albanian *dāusnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeus- (compare English choose, Greek γεύση (géfsi, “taste”), Italian gustare (“to taste”));^[1] or
*duām, from Proto-Albanian *duēs-mi, from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (compare English tire, Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”)).^[2]

Verb

dua (aorist desha, participle dashur)

to want
to love

Usage notes

të dua

Conjugation

Standard Albanian conjugation of dua (active voice)

Show compound tenses:

singular			plural
		participle		dashur


		gerund		duke dashur
		infinitive		për të dashur
1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.	1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.
indicative	present	dua	do	do	duam	doni	duan
	imperfect	doja	doje	donte	donim	donit	donin
	aorist	desha	deshe	deshi	deshëm	deshët	deshën





perfect	kam dashur	ke dashur	ka dashur	kemi dashur	keni dashur	kanë dashur
past perfect	kisha dashur	kishe dashur	kishte dashur	kishim dashur	kishit dashur	kishin dashur
aorist II	pata dashur	pate dashur	pati dashur	patëm dashur	patët dashur	patën dashur
future¹	do të dua	do të duash	do të dojë	do të duam	do të doni	do të duan
future perfect²	do të kem dashur	do të kesh dashur	do të ketë dashur	do të kemi dashur	do të keni dashur	do të kenë dashur
subjunctive	present	të dua	të duash	të dojë	të duam	të doni	të duan




imperfect	të doja	të doje	të donte	të donim	të donit	të donin
perfect	të kem dashur	të kesh dashur	të ketë dashur	të kemi dashur	të keni dashur	të kenë dashur
past perfect	të kisha dashur	të kishe dashur	të kishte dashur	të kishim dashur	të kishit dashur	të kishin dashur
conditional^{1, 2}	imperfect	do të doja	do të doje	do të donte	do të donim	do të donit	do të donin
conditional^{1, 2}	past perfect	do të kisha dashur	do të kishe dashur	do të kishte dashur	do të kishim dashur	do të kishit dashur	do të kishin dashur
optative	present	daça	daç	dantë	dançim	dançit	dançin
optative
perfect	paça dashur	paç dashur	pastë dashur	paçim dashur	paçit dashur	paçin dashur
admirative	present	dashkam	dashke	dashka	dashkemi	dashkeni	dashkan
	imperfect	dashkësha	dashkëshe	dashkësh	dashkëshim	dashkëshit	dashkëshin


perfect	paskam dashur	paske dashur	paska dashur	paskemi dashur	paskeni dashur	paskan dashur
past perfect	paskësha dashur	paskëshe dashur	paskësh dashur	paskëshim dashur	paskëshit dashur	paskëshin dashur
imperative	present	—	duaj	—	—	doni	—
¹) indicative future identical with conditional present ²) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect

Derived terms

Related terms

duhem

References

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dua ~ due”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77-8
^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 147

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *dēma, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₁mn̥, from the root *deh₁- (“band”). Cognate to Ancient Greek -δημα (-dēma, “band”) and Sanskrit दमान् (dā́man-, “band”).

Noun

dua m

sheaf

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [du.ɑ]
Audio: (file)

Noun

dua (definite accusative duanı, plural dualar)

prayer

Declension

Declension of dua
	singular	plural
nominative	dua	dualar
definite accusative	duanı	duaları
dative	duaya	dualara
locative	duada	dualarda
ablative	duadan	dualardan
definite genitive	duanın	duaların

Possessive forms of dua
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	duam	dualarım
sənin (“your”)	duan	duaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	duası	duaları
bizim (“our”)	duamız	dualarımız
sizin (“your”)	duanız	dualarınız
onların (“their”)	duası or duaları	duaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	duamı	dualarımı
sənin (“your”)	duanı	dualarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	duasını	dualarını
bizim (“our”)	duamızı	dualarımızı
sizin (“your”)	duanızı	dualarınızı
onların (“their”)	duasını or dualarını	dualarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	duama	dualarıma
sənin (“your”)	duana	dualarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	duasına	dualarına
bizim (“our”)	duamıza	dualarımıza
sizin (“your”)	duanıza	dualarınıza
onların (“their”)	duasına or dualarına	dualarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	duamda	dualarımda
sənin (“your”)	duanda	dualarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	duasında	dualarında
bizim (“our”)	duamızda	dualarımızda
sizin (“your”)	duanızda	dualarınızda
onların (“their”)	duasında or dualarında	dualarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	duamdan	dualarımdan
sənin (“your”)	duandan	dualarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	duasından	dualarından
bizim (“our”)	duamızdan	dualarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	duanızdan	dualarınızdan
onların (“their”)	duasından or dualarından	dualarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	duamın	dualarımın
sənin (“your”)	duanın	dualarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	duasının	dualarının
bizim (“our”)	duamızın	dualarımızın
sizin (“your”)	duanızın	dualarınızın
onların (“their”)	duasının or dualarının	dualarının

Derived terms

dua etmək

Balinese

Romanization

dua

Romanization of ᬤᬸᬯ

Banjarese

**Banjarese cardinal numbers**
< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal : dua

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

dua

two

Breton

Etymology

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

Verb

dua (mutated o tua)

to blacken

Mutation

Mutation of *dua*
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
dua	zua	unchanged	tua	tua

Brunei Malay

**Brunei Malay cardinal numbers**
< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal : dua

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dua/

Numeral

dua

two

Buginese

**Buginese numbers ^(edit)**
← 1	2	8 →
Cardinal: dua

Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

dua (Lontara spelling ᨉᨘᨕ)

two

Central Melanau

**Central Melanau cardinal numbers**
< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal : dua

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

dua

two

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ).

Noun

dua

prayer

Declension

Declension of dua

	singular	plural
nominative	dua	dualar
genitive	duanıñ	dualarnıñ
dative	duağa	dualarğa
accusative	duanı	dualarnı
locative	duada	dualarda
ablative	duadan	dualardan

References

Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[4], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
“dua”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Dibabawon Manobo

Numeral

dua

two

Eastern Cham

**Eastern Cham cardinal numbers**
< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal : dua

Alternative forms

ꨕꨶ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d̪ʊaː/

Numeral

dua

two

Esperanto

**Esperanto numbers ^(edit)**
	20
← 1	2	3 →
Cardinal: du Ordinal: dua Adverbial: due Multiplier: duobla, duopa Fractional: duona, duono

Etymology

From du with the adjective ending -a.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Adjective

dua (accusative singular duan, plural duaj, accusative plural duajn)

(ordinal number) second

Abbreviations

2a, 2-a

Fijian

**Fijian cardinal numbers**
< 0	1	2 >
Cardinal : dua

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Oceanic *tewa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ⁿdu.a/

Numeral

dua (^)

one

Iban

**Iban cardinal numbers**
< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal : dua Ordinal : kedua

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dua, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

dua

two

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdwa/ [ˈdwɐ]
Hyphenation: dua

Numeral

dua

two
Synonym: dos

Indonesian

**Indonesian cardinal numbers**
< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal : dua Ordinal : kedua

Etymology

From Malay dua, from Proto-Malayic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
IPA^(key): /ˈdu(w)ä/

Numeral

dua

two

Synonyms

dwi

Iranun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha.

Numeral

dua

two

Irish

Alternative forms

duadh, duagh (superseded)^[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish dód, from Old Irish doud, from do- + sáith.^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d̪ˠuə/^[3]

Noun

dua m (genitive singular dua)

toil

Declension

Declension of dua (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms
case	singular
nominative	dua
vocative	a dhua
genitive	dua
dative	dua

forms with the definite article
case	singular
nominative	an dua
genitive	an dua
dative	leis an dua don dua

Mutation

Mutated forms of *dua*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
dua	dhua	ndua

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ “dua”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dúad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 209, page 105

Jarai

**Jarai cardinal numbers**
< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal : dua

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /duː.ˈ(ʔ)a/

Numeral

dua

two

References

Siu, Lap Minh (2009 December) Developing the First Preliminary Dictionary of North American Jarai‎^[5], Texas Tech University, page 73

Lindu

Noun

dua

symptoms (of an illness)

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

duá

two

Malay

**Malay numbers ^(edit)**
	20
^{[a], [b], [c], [d], [e]} ← 1	2	3 → ^{[a], [b], [c]}
Cardinal: dua Ordinal: kedua

Alternative forms

duă (1924-1972)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (dua).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dua/
Rhymes: -ua, -wa, -a
(Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [duə], [du.wə]
Audio (Malaysia, Johor-Riau): (file)

Numeral

dua (Jawi spelling دوا)

two
Synonym: dwi

Derived terms

Ngaju

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha.

Numeral

dua

two

Northern Kurdish

Noun

dua f

prayer (the specific words or methods used for praying)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

duen

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdʉːa/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ʉːa
Hyphenation: du‧a

Noun

dua m or f

definite feminine singular of due

Anagrams

dau

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dua f (definite singular dua, indefinite plural duer or duor, definite plural duene or duone)

(pre-2012) alternative form of due
definite singular of due

Old Frisian

Verb

duā, dūa

Alternative spelling of dwā

Rade

**Rade cardinal numbers**
< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal : dua

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

dua

two

Sundanese

Numeral

dua

Romanization of ᮓᮥᮃ

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ).^[1]

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

dua (n class, plural dua)

incantation, supplication, prayer

Related terms

-adua

References

^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 102 Nr. 910

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Du-reformen

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

du +‎ -a

Verb

dua (present duar, preterite duade, supine duat, imperative dua)

to address (someone) with du (as opposed to a title or ni)

Usage notes

See the Wikipedia article on du-reformen for context.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dua (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	dua		duas
Supine	duat		duats
Imperative	dua		—
Imper. plural¹	duen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	duar	duade	duas	duades
Ind. plural¹	dua	duade	duas	duades
Subjunctive²	due	duade	dues	duades
	Participles
Present participle	duande
Past participle	duad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

Tagalog

Alternative forms

du'a

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ). Compare Maranao dowa'a, Maguindanao du'a, Tausug duwaa, and Malay doa.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /duˈʔa/ [d̪ʊˈʔa]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: du‧a

Noun

duá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜀ) (Islam)

du'a' (private prayer by an individual)

Anagrams

uad

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English door.

Noun

dua

door
Synonym: pitu

Turkish

Alternative forms

duâ (superseded spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دعا (duʼa)^[1]^[2] or دعاء (duʿā),^[3] from Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ).^[4]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /duˈɑː/
Hyphenation: du‧a
Audio: (file)

Noun

dua (definite accusative duayı, plural dualar)

(religion) prayer (practice of communicating with one's God)
(religion) prayer (the specific words or methods used for praying)

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

dua

Definite accusative

duayı

Singular

Plural

Nominative

dua

Definite accusative

Dative

Locative

Ablative

Genitive

Possessive forms
Nominative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	duam	dualarım
2nd singular	duan	duaların
3rd singular	duası	duaları
1st plural	duamız	dualarımız
2nd plural	duanız	dualarınız
3rd plural	duaları	duaları
Definite accusative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	duamı	dualarımı
2nd singular	duanı	dualarını
3rd singular	duasını	dualarını
1st plural	duamızı	dualarımızı
2nd plural	duanızı	dualarınızı
3rd plural	dualarını	dualarını
Dative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	duama	dualarıma
2nd singular	duana	dualarına
3rd singular	duasına	dualarına
1st plural	duamıza	dualarımıza
2nd plural	duanıza	dualarınıza
3rd plural	dualarına	dualarına
Locative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	duamda	dualarımda
2nd singular	duanda	dualarında
3rd singular	duasında	dualarında
1st plural	duamızda	dualarımızda
2nd plural	duanızda	dualarınızda
3rd plural	dualarında	dualarında
Ablative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	duamdan	dualarımdan
2nd singular	duandan	dualarından
3rd singular	duasından	dualarından
1st plural	duamızdan	dualarımızdan
2nd plural	duanızdan	dualarınızdan
3rd plural	dualarından	dualarından
Genitive
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	duamın	dualarımın
2nd singular	duanın	dualarının
3rd singular	duasının	dualarının
1st plural	duamızın	dualarımızın
2nd plural	duanızın	dualarınızın
3rd plural	dualarının	dualarının

Derived terms

Related terms

References

^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دعا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 904
^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دعا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 573
^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “دُعاء”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 610
^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dua”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Uma

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

dua

two

White Hmong

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /duə̯˧/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong *qru̯aᶜ (“to tear”).^[1]

Verb

dua

to tear, to rip (intentionally)
Muab dua pov tseg. ― Tear it up and get rid of it.

Nws dua daim ntaub. ― She rips the cloth.

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff (for the "again" sense), though no reconstructed proto-form is given.^[2] The "to pass" sense, which she doesn't mention at all, may or may not be related ("again" > "more" > "surpass" > "pass").”

Adverb

dua

again; repeat; another
hais dua ― say again
more than
qab dua ― tastier

Derived terms

sib ntsib dua (“goodbye”)

Verb

dua

to pass on
to go to
Dua twg lawm? ― Where has it gone?
to surpass

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[6], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 38.

^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 274.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

[1] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dua ~ due”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77-8

[2] Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 147

[3] “dua”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

[4] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dúad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[5] Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 209, page 105

[6] Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 102 Nr. 910

[7] Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دعا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 904

[8] Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دعا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 573

[9] Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “دُعاء”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 610

[10] Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dua”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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