Saterland Frisian

Noun

Doat f

1. deed; act; action

Derived terms

• Doatseeke

English

Verb

doat ‎(third-person singular simple present doats, present participle doating, simple past and past participle doated)

1. Obsolete spelling of dote
   • 1676, Aphra Behn, “The Town-Fop”, in The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. III:

     Ye all doat upon him, but he's not the Man you take him for.

   • 1786, Robert Burns, “Song, Composed in Spring”, in Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns:

     --And maun I still on Menie doat, And bear the scorn that's in her e'e?

   • 1825, William Hazlitt, The Spirit of the Age:

     We are so far advanced in the Arts and Sciences, that we live in retrospect, and doat on past atchievements.

Anagrams

• DotA
• toad

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowing from French doigt ‎(“finger”) (with modified pronunciation : fr: [dwa] > vo: [doˈat]).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doˈat]

Noun

doat ‎(plural doats)

1. finger

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• döm (dömik)
• fut (futik, futayoin)
• nam (namik, namiko)
• riet (rietik, rietayoin)
• rikül (rikülik)
• tean (teanik, teananuel)