duka

From Swahili duka, from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān), from Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא (dukkānā, “dais”), from Akkadian 𒆠𒍇 (/⁠takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu⁠/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒆠𒍇 (/⁠daggan⁠/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”).

duka (plural dukas)

1. (Kenya) A shop, store.
   • 2012, Aidan Hartley, “Life at One Remove”, in Literary Review, section 404:

     This series […] was the only interesting reading material you could find on the half-empty shelves of Nairobi dukas that called themselves bookshops but mostly sold school texts and dust-coated magazines.

• kuda

• Hyphenation: du‧ka

duka

1. tired; feeling the need for sleep
2. inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy
3. disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific

duka

1. to induce sleep; to make someone drowsy or lethargic

From Malay duka, from Pali dukkha, from Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkha).

• IPA^(key): /du.ka/
• Hyphenation: du‧ka
• Rhymes: -ka

duka

1. sad

• sedih

• “duka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

duka

1. Romanization of ꦢꦸꦏ

Borrowed from Italian duca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈduː.ka/

duka m (plural duki, feminine dukessa)

1. duke

duka

1. Romanization of ᡩᡠᡴᠠ

From Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān), from Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא (dukkānā, “dais”), from Akkadian 𒆠𒍇 (/⁠takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu⁠/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒆠𒍇 (/⁠daggan⁠/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”).

duka class 5 (plural maduka)

1. (Nsimbwa) shop

• lozya

Ultimately from Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkha).

duká

1. beggar

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ka/
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: du‧ka

duka

1. third-person singular present of dukać

• IPA^(key): /du.ˈka/, [du.ˈka]

duka

1. wound; cut

Borrowed from Javanese duka (“I don't know”), short form of duka dalem (literally “my sorrow”). Ultimately from Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkha, “sorrow, distress, grief”).

duka

1. I don't know

   Synonym: teuing

   "Terang bumina Pa Ujang, teu?" "Duka, pak. Abdi mah kirang terang."

   "Do you know Mr. Ujang's house?" "I don't know, sir. I don't [really] know much [about it]."

Borrowed from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān), from Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא (dukkānā, “dais”), from Akkadian 𒆠𒍇 (/⁠takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu⁠/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒆠𒍇 (/⁠daggan⁠/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”).

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duka (ma class, plural maduka)

1. shop (establishment that sells goods)

• Kikuyu: nduka

duk +‎ -a

duka (present dukar, preterite dukade, supine dukat, imperative duka)

1. (sometimes with a particle, especially upp or fram) to set (a table; to arrange with dishes and cutlery)

• duka av
• duka fram
• duka under
• duka upp
• dukning

• duka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• duka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• duka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دوقه (duka), from Italian duca, from Byzantine Greek δούκα (doúka). Doublet of dük

duka (definite accusative dukayı, plural dukalar)

1. duke

   Synonym: dük

• dukalık (“duchy”)

• dukessa (“duchess”)