Cebuano

Noun

duga

1. juice, nectar, sap

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːwa/
• Rhymes: -uːwa

Etymology

From Old Norse duga ‎(“to help, to suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *duganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- ‎(“to produce”)^[1].

Verb

duga ‎(third person singular past indicative dugdi, third person plural past indicative dugdu, supine dugað)

1. to know how to

Conjugation

External links

1. ↑ Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʏːɣa/

  Rhymes: -ʏːɣa

Verb

duga weak verb (third person singular past indicative dugði, supine dugað; third person singular present indicative dugir) or
duga weak verb (third person singular past indicative dugaði, supine dugað; third person singular present indicative dugar)

1. to suffice, to be enough, to do the trick

   Þetta dugir mér.‎

   This is enough for me.

   Mig vantar blað.. Þetta umslag dugar alveg.‎

   I need a piece of paper.. This old envelope will do the trick!

2. to be fit

Synonyms

• (to suffice): nægja

Derived terms

• duga til ‎(“to be good for”)
• duga eða drepast ‎(“to do or die”)
• nú er að duga eða drepast

Indonesian

Verb

duga ‎(used in the form menduga)

1. To gauge. (clarification of this Indonesian definition is being sought)
2. To guess.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• duge

Etymology

From Old Norse duga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʉːɡa/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

duga ‎(present tense duger, past tense dugde, past participle dugd/dugt, passive infinitive dugast, present participle dugande, imperative dug)

1. help, be useful; be good enough; work

   Dette duger ikkje. Me lyt freista noko anna.‎

   This doesn't work. We'll have to try something else.

2. be skilled enough

   Er du viss på at dei duger til jobben?‎

   Are you sure that they are skilled enough for the job?

References

• “duga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dǫga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǔːɡa/

Noun

dúga f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ду́га)

1. rainbow

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dugha, from Old Norse duga, from Proto-Germanic *duganą. The (formerly) colloquial strong declension mirrors the declensions of words like suga and ljuga.

Pronunciation

Verb

duga ‎(present duger, preterite dugde or dög, supine dugt or dugit, imperative dug)

1. suffice, be good (or skilled) enough; be acceptable; be useful for

   Om den dög åt din syster, så duger den åt dig.‎

   If it was good enough for your sister, then it'll be good enough for you.

   Den här duger ingenting till.‎

   This is good for nothing.

Conjugation

Related terms

• dugande
• som heter duga