doo

See also:Appendix:Variations of "doo"

English

Etymology

1950s, from child speak.

Pronunciation

• (UK)enPR:do͞o,IPA^(key):/duː/
• (US)enPR:do͞o,IPA^(key):/du/
• (General Australian)IPA^(key):/dʉː/

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-uː
• Homophones:do;dew,due(yod-dropping)

Noun

doo

1. (childish)feces,particularly that of adog.

   Synonyms:BM,doo-doo,doody,poo,poo-poo,poop

Interjection

doo

1. (music)Used as ascatword in singing.
   • 1995,Phil Farrand,The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers: Volume 2:

     (Ever feel like you've just entered... The Twilight Zone?Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo....)

   • 2006,Steve Taylor,A to X of Alternative Music,page272:

     […]the bloke who sang about coloured girls going 'doodedoodedoo dood'dedoodedoodedoo'had once had this thing with the guy who produced the debut albums by the Stooges and Patti Smith.

Related terms

• doo-wop

See also

• cock-a-doodle-doo
• dog-doo
• doo-dad
• doo-hickey
• doo wop
• doo-wopper
• doo-woppy
• fuck-a-doodle-doo
• in deep doo-doo
• whoop de doo
• whoop-de-doo
• whoopdee doo
• whoop-dee-doo
• whoop dee doo
• whoopee doo
• whoopee-doo
• whoopy doo
• whoopy-doo
• woopty doo
• woopy doo
• woopy-doo
• yaba daba doo
• yabba dabba doo
• yabba-dabba-doo
• zip-a-dee-doo-dah

See also

• king of the doos

Anagrams

• ODO,Odo,OOD,odo-

Äiwoo

Pronoun

doo

1. (interrogative)what
2. (interrogative)how

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, inOceanic Linguistics,volume46,number 2.Cited in: "Äiwoo"in Greenhill, S.J.,Blust, R.,&Gray, R.D.(2008).The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics.Evolutionary Bioinformatics,4:271–283.

Galician

Verb

doo

1. first-personsingularpresentindicativeofdoar
2. (reintegrationistnorm)first-personsingularpresentindicativeofdoer

Gooniyandi

Noun

doo

1. cave

Manx

Etymology

FromOld Irishdub,fromProto-Celtic*dubus(“black”),fromProto-Indo-European*dʰewbʰ-(“black”).

Pronunciation

• (Northern)IPA^(key):/dau̯/
• (Southern)IPA^(key):/duː/

Adjective

doo

1. black
2. inky

   Synonym:dooagh

Derived terms

• Yn Vooir Ghoo(“the Black Sea”)

Noun

doom(genitive singulardoo,pluraldooghyn)

1. ink

Derived terms

• boteil doo(“ink-bottle”)
• feddan doo(“ink-feed”)
• kiap doo(“ink-pad”)
• poagey doo(“ink-bag”)
• tobbyr ghoo(“ink-well”)

Verb

doo

1. toink

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
doo	ghoo	noo
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

Colorsin Manx ·daaghyn(layout·text)

bane	lheeah	doo
jiarg;feer-yiarg	jiarg-bwee;dhone	bwee;bane-wuigh
	geayney,glass
	gorrym-ghlass,speyr-ghorrym	gorrym
plooreenagh	jiarg gorrym	jiarg-bane

Navajo

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key):/tòː/

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Particle

doo

1. Part of thenegativecorrelative:

   doo... da

   dooyáʼátʼééhda―it is not good

2. With a nominalizer, forms a negative noun phrase:

   dooyáʼátʼéehii―that which isn’t good

   doonaalnishii―the one who isn’t working

   doobénáshniihígíí―that which I don’t remember

3. With a verb +-góó,forms a negative conditional:

   Doonaashnishgóóníká adeeshwoł.―If I’m not working, I’ll help you.

Derived terms

• béésh doo ńdiniichxíihii(“titanium”)
• chʼosh doo yitʼínii(“microorganism”)
• doo nidahałtingóó(“desert”)
• łóód doo nádziihii(“cancer”)
• níłchʼi doo diiltłádí(“carbon dioxide”)
• tó doo bidééłníní(“plastic”)

Pronunciation 2

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Verb

doo

1. Abbreviationofdooleeł(“it will be”).
2. When paired withńtʼééʼ,forms a conditional:

   Dine bizaad bóhooshʼaahdoo ńtʼééʼ.―I should have studied Navajo.

   Éí nizhónídoo ńtʼééʼ.―That would have been nice; that could have been nice.

See also

• dóó
• -dóó

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

doo

1. (obsolete)pastpluralofdøy

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈdo.u/

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈdo.u/
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈdo.o/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈdo.u/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈdo.u/
  • (Northern Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈdo(w).u/

• Rhymes:-ou
• Homophone:dou-o
• Hyphenation:do‧o

Verb

doo

1. first-personsingularpresentindicativeofdoar

Rohingya

Etymology

CompareAssameseদা(da,“a big knife”)

Noun

doo

1. knife

Scots

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishdouf,fromOld English*dūfe(compare woman'sgiven nameDūfe).

Akin toOld High Germantūba(“dove, pigeon”),Icelandicdúfa(“dove, pigeon”),Dúfa(woman's first name)),Danishdove, pigeon,Norwegian Bokmåldue(“dove, pigeon”),Norwegian Nynorskdue(“dove, pigeon”)andSwedishduva(“dove, pigeon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/duː/,/dʌu/

Noun

doo(pluraldoos)

1. dove,pigeon(bird of the dove and pigeon family:Columbidae)
   • 1902,John Buchan,The Outgoing of the Tide:

     She never seemed to want for siller; the house was as bright as a new preen, the yaird better delved than the manse garden; and there was routh of fowls anddoosabout the small steading, forbye a wheen sheep and milk-kye in the fields.

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Derived terms

• King of the Doos(“English Carrier(an old domestic pigeon breed)”)

Solon

Noun

doo

1. song

References

• Bayarma Khabtagaeva,Dagur Elements in Solon Evenki,2012.

Swahili

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishdough.

Noun

doo(n class,pluraldoo)

1. (Sheng)money

   Synonym:pesa

Teposcolula Mixtec

Etymology

FromProto-Mixtec*ⁿdòòʔ.

Noun

doo

1. cane

Derived terms

• doo cusa
• doo tuhu
• doohuidzi
• dootnami

References

• Alvarado, Francisco de (1593)Vocabulario en lengua misteca(in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page43v:“caña de comer. doo.”