"dua" meaning in Malay

See dua in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Numeral

IPA: /ˈdua/ (note: Literary Standard), [ˈdu.a] (note: Literary Standard), /ˈduə/ (note: Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard), [ˈdu.ə] (note: Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) Audio: Ms-MY-dua.ogg [Malaysia] (note: Johor-Riau) Forms: دوا [Jawi], duwa [alternative], duă [alternative]
Rhymes: -ua, -wa, -a Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Malayic *dua(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa. First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (dua). Similarity to Sanskrit द्व (dvá, “two”) and other Indo-European words derived from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ is coincidental. More at two. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ms|poz-mly-pro|*dua(ʔ)|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Malayic *dua(ʔ), {{inh+|ms|poz-mly-pro|*dua(ʔ)}} Inherited from Proto-Malayic *dua(ʔ), {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*duha}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, {{inh|ms|map-pro|*duSa}} Proto-Austronesian *duSa, {{m+|ms-old|tr=dua}} Old Malay [script needed] (dua), {{noncog|sa|द्व||two|tr=dvá}} Sanskrit द्व (dvá, “two”), {{ncog|ine-pro|*dwóh₁}} Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁, {{glossary|false cognate|coincidental}} coincidental Head templates: {{ms-num|j=دوا}} dua (Jawi spelling دوا)
  1. two Wikipedia link: Indo-European Synonyms: dwi
    Sense id: en-dua-ms-num-P8TM~nRY Categories (other): Malay cardinal numbers, Malay entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 41 entries, Pages with entries, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Derived forms (Affixations): berdua (english: the two of us/them; as a pair), diduakan (english: to be duplicated; to be two-timed), kedua (english: second (ordinal number)), menduakan (english: to two-time; to associate another (e.g. with God/partner)), pendua (english: duplicate; spare; backup), penduaan (english: duplication), terdua (english: matched; comparable (usually in tiada terdua, meaning incomparable)) Derived forms (Compounds & Phrases): dua kali (english: twice), dua pupu (english: second cousin), kunci pendua (english: spare key), mendua hati (english: to be hesitant; to have a divided heart), titik dua (english: colon (punctuation mark)) Derived forms (Reduplications): berdua-dua (english: two by two; in pairs), berdua-duaan (english: spending time alone together (as a couple)), dua-dua (english: both; two by two), kedua-dua (english: both), kedua-duanya (english: both of them)

Alternative forms

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