ddu

See also: DDU and ddu'

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

Tarifit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *əddu (“to go”).

Compare Tashelhit ddu (“to go, to walk”), Kabyle ddu (“to go, to walk”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⴷⴷⵓ (ddu, “to go, to walk”), and Zenaga äddīh (“to get lost”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

ddu (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵓ)

1. (intransitive) to go

   Synonyms: uyur, ruḥ

Conjugation

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