dou

From Dutch dauw.

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dou (uncountable)

1. dew

• douw (Hollandic, obsolete) (Stadsfries)

• IPA^(key): /dɑu̯/
• Hyphenation: dou
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯

dou

1. (Holland, dialectal, colloquial) Obsolete form of du.

• Dou was considered to belong to a particularly low-status register, associated with the speech of lower-class speakers from certain Hollandic dialects. Early modern texts from Holland for a general audience typically used du if they used the archaic second person singular at all, but dou is well-attested in farces. In Stadsfries and Bildts (the Dutch dialects traditionally spoken in Frisia), dou is still widely used.

dou

1. first-person singular present indicative of dar

dou

1. hand, arm

• doe (widespread variant)
• do (unstressed form)

From Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

• IPA^(key): [dɔu̯]
• Hyphenation: dou
• Rhymes: -ɔu̯

dou

1. (Eupen, Krefeld) second-person singular, informal, nominative: you, thou

dou

1. Nonstandard spelling of dōu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of dǒu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of dòu.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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dou m (plural dous)

1. (Jersey, geography) brook

dou

1. Alternative form of del

From Latin dō.

• Rhymes: -ow, -o
• Hyphenation: dou

dou

1. first-person singular present indicative of dar

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /tou˨˦/
• Tone numbers: dou¹
• Hyphenation: dou

dou (Sawndip forms 杜 or 都 or 头, 1957–1982 spelling dou)

1. (exclusive) we; us

From Proto-Tai *tuːᴬ (“door”). Compare Thai ประตู (bprà-dtuu).

dou (Sawndip forms 𫔯 or 都 or 偷, 1957–1982 spelling dou)

1. door

   hai dou ― to open the door