dou

See also: dóu, dòu, dōu, dǒu, do'u, d'où, and dō

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dauw.

Noun

dou (uncountable)

  1. dew

Dutch

Pronoun

dou

  1. Alternative form of du

Galician

Verb

dou

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dar

Krisa

Noun

dou

  1. hand, arm

Mandarin

Romanization

dou

  1. Nonstandard spelling of dōu.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of dǒu.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of dòu.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norman

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Noun

dou m (plural dous)

  1. (Jersey, geography) brook

Old French

Contraction

dou

  1. Alternative form of del

Portuguese

Verb

dou

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dar

Zhuang

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /tou˨˦/
  • Tone numbers: dou1
  • Hyphenation: dou

Etymology 1

Pronoun

dou (old orthography dou, Sawndip forms 杜, 都, 头)

  1. (exclusive) we; us

See also

Standard Zhuang personal pronouns
Person Singular Plural
1st exclusive gou dou
inclusive raeuz
2nd mwngz sou
3rd de gyoengqde

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *tuːᴬ (“door”). Compare Thai ประตู (bprà-dtuu).

Noun

dou (old orthography dou, Sawndip forms 𫔯, 都, 偷)

  1. door
    hai dou ― to open the door
Derived terms
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