ddu

See also: DDU and ddu'

Ghomara

Etymology

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Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Berber *əddu

Ghomara ddu

Inherited from Proto-Berber *əddu.

Pronunciation

• (Iɛraben) IPA^(key): [dːu]

Verb

ddu (verbal noun (sense 1) lemci or (sense 2) lemji, active participle (sense 1) maci or (sense 2) maji) (intransitive)

2. to walk, to go

   Iẓr-at ittitu. ― He saw him walking.

4. to come

   Synonym: (imperative only) hala

   Ittitu dar-i yan lǧmel. ― A camel comes to me.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ddu (Berber-morphology)

aorist perfective imperfective participle iddun iddan ittutun, ittitun singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person aorist m ddux teddut iddu neddu teddum ddun f teddu perfective m ddax teddat idda nedda teddam ddan f tedda imperfective m ttutux, ttitux tettutut, tettitut ittutu, ittitu nettutu, nettitu tettutum, tettitum ttutun, ttitun f tettutu, tettitu imperative m ndu ndhu f injunctive m neddwawet, neddwat f

References

• Mourigh, Khalid (2015) A Grammar of Ghomara Berber (Thesis)‎^[1], Leiden

Sicilian

Etymology

Apheresis of chiddu (“that”).

Pronoun

ddu m

1. that

Usage notes

ddu is most often used as an adjective before a noun- ddu libru (that book) Also dda (chidda - not to be confused with ddà meaning “there” - dda fimmina (that woman) and ddi (chiddi) plural both masculine and feminine - ddi picciriddi (those children), ddi casi (those houses) and before vowels - dd’autru (that other one), dd’autri (those other ones).

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868), “ddu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1261

Tashelhit

Etymology 1

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Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Berber *əddu

Tashelhit ddu

Inherited from Proto-Berber *əddu (“to walk, to go”). Cognate with Kabyle ddu (“to go, to walk”) and Zenaga äddīh (“to get lost”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dːu/

Verb

ddu (imperfective ttddu or ttdda, verbal noun tawada, Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵓ, Arabic spelling دّو)

1. to walk, to go

   Synonym: ftu

   آر يتّدّو ستفسّي ― ar ittddu s tfssi ― He walks quickly.

   دّو س تڭمّي نّك ― ddu s tgmmi nnk ― Go to your house.

2. to leave

   ايدّا س فاس ― idda s fas ― He left for Fez.

3. to pass (time)

   ايدّا واسّ ― idda wass ― It's late (lit. the day has gone).

   ايدّا لحال ― idda lḥal ― It's late.

4. to be in a delicate situation, to be in trouble [with gis]

   ندّا ڭيسنت ― ndda gisnt ― We are in trouble.

Derived terms

• muddu (“to travel”)
• tawada (“walk”)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dːu/

Preposition

ddu (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵓ, Arabic spelling دّو)

1. beneath, below, under

   Alternative form: ddaw

   ار تّدّان س كران دمّل غ كران دّو وازيڭ.

   ar ttddan s kran dmml ġ kra n ddu wazig.

   they go to a place under a cliff.

2. before

   مراو وسّان خ دّو لعيد. ― mraw ussan x ddu lɛid. ― ten days before the holiday.

Derived terms

• ddu ttayt (“armpit”)
• ddu udrar (“foot of the mountain”)
• ddu waman (“irrigated land”)
• tadawt (“back”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 A–E (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 702a

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ðɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ðiː/
• Homophone: ddi (South Wales)

Adjective

ddu

1. soft mutation of du (“black”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of du

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
du	ddu	nu	unchanged

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