duga

Cebuano

Noun

duga

  1. juice, nectar, sap

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse duga (“to help, to suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *duganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce”)[1].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuːwa/
  • Rhymes: -uːwa

Verb

duga (third person singular past indicative dugdi, third person plural past indicative dugdu, supine dugað)

  1. to know how to

Conjugation

Further reading

  1. ↑ Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʏːɣa/
    Rhymes: -ʏːɣa

Verb

duga weak verb (third person singular past indicative dugði, supine dugað; third person singular present indicative dugir) or
duga weak verb (third person singular past indicative dugaði, supine dugað; third person singular present indicative dugar)

  1. to suffice, to be enough, to do the trick
    Þetta dugir mér.
    This is enough for me.
    Mig vantar blað.. Þetta umslag dugar alveg.
    I need a piece of paper.. This old envelope will do the trick!
  2. to be fit

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • duga til (“to be good for”)
  • duga eða drepast (“to do or die”)
  • nú er að duga eða drepast

Indonesian

Verb

duga (used in the form menduga)

  1. To gauge. (clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. To guess.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse duga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʉːɡa/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

duga (present tense duger, past tense dugde, past participle dugd/dugt, passive infinitive dugast, present participle dugande, imperative dug)

  1. help, be useful; be good enough; work
    Dette duger ikkje. Me lyt freista noko anna.
    This doesn't work. We'll have to try something else.
  2. be skilled enough
    Er du viss på at dei duger til jobben?
    Are you sure that they are skilled enough for the job?

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dǫga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǔːɡa/

Noun

dúga f (Cyrillic spelling ду́га)

  1. rainbow

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dugha, from Old Norse duga, from Proto-Germanic *duganą. The (formerly) colloquial strong declension mirrors the declensions of words like suga and ljuga.

Pronunciation

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Verb

duga (present duger, preterite dugde or dög, supine dugt or dugit, imperative dug)

  1. suffice, be good (or skilled) enough; be acceptable; be useful for
    Om den dög åt din syster, så duger den åt dig.
    If it was good enough for your sister, then it'll be good enough for you.
    Den här duger ingenting till.
    This is good for nothing.

Conjugation

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