duit

English

Noun

duit (plural duits)

1. Alternative form of (historical) doit (“a small Dutch coin”)
   • 1912, R.P. Jackson, “The Dominions, Emblems, and Coins of the South Indian Dynasties”, in British Numismatic Journal, page 319:

     The copper currency for a long time consisted almost entirely of Dutch “duits” or “challis,” which were exported for the eastern currency and circulated freely all along the western coast.

Betawi

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch duit (“a small Dutch coin”).

Noun

duit

1. money

   Synonyms: uang, cèn, pulus

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdujt]

Participle

duit (feminine duida, masculine plural duits, feminine plural duides)

1. alternative form of dut

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch duit, of uncertain origin. Possibly borrowed from Old Norse þveit (“cut-off piece of metal, small coin, doit”), related to Old English þwītan (“to cut, cutt off”) (whence dialectal English thwite).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dœy̯t/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: duit
• Rhymes: -œy̯t

Noun

duit m (plural duiten, diminutive duitje n)

1. (historical) a doit, a Dutch copper coin with the value of ¹⁄₁₆₀ of a guilder, current before the decimalization of 1816
2. (informal, in the singular) an amount of money, a sum of money

   Zij kon daarmee een aardige duit verdienen.

   She could make a pretty penny from that.

3. (informal, in the plural) money in general

   "Blijf met je gore klauwen van me duiten af", krijste de vrek.

   "Keep your filthy mitts of me moola," the miser shrieked.

Derived terms

• duitendief
• duitenkliever
• een duit in het zakje doen
• geen duit geven om
• slordige duit
• spaarduit
• vierduitstuk

Descendants

• Afrikaans: duit
• → Caribbean Javanese: dhit, dhuwit
• → German: Deut
• → Javanese: ꦝꦸꦮꦶꦠ꧀ (dhuwit)
• → Kannada: ದುಡ್ಡು (duḍḍu)
• → Malay: duit
  • Betawi: duit
  • Indonesian: duit, doeit (1901–1947)
    • → Petjo: doewit
  • → Cantonese: 鐳 / 镭 (leoi¹)
  • → Hokkien: 鐳 / 镭 (lui)
  • → Teochew: 鐳 / 镭 (lui¹)
  • Iban: duit
• → Malayalam: തുട്ട് (tuṭṭŭ)
• → Tamil: துட்டு (tuṭṭu)

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay duit, from Dutch duit (“a small Dutch coin”).

Noun

duit

1. money

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• doeit (1901–1947)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch duit (“a small Dutch coin”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈduit/ [ˈdu.ɪt̪̚]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: du‧it

Noun

duit (plural duit-duit)

1. (historical) a doit, a Dutch copper coin with the value of ¹⁄₁₂₀ of a rupiah
2. (colloquial, informal) money

   Synonyms: fulus, uang

Derived terms

• berduit
• seduit

Descendants

• → Petjo: doewit

Further reading

• “duit”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016