ddu

Apheresis of chiddu (“that”).

ddu m

1. that

ddu is most often used as an adjective before a noun- ddu libru (that book) Also dda (chidda - not to be confused with ddà meaning “there” - dda fimmina (that woman) and ddi (chiddi) plural both masculine and feminine - ddi picciriddi (those children), ddi casi (those houses) and before vowels - dd’autru (that other one), dd’autri (those other ones).

• Traina, Antonino (1868), “ddu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1261

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ddu (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵓ)

1. (intransitive) to go

   Synonyms: uyur, ruḥ

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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• IPA^(key): /dːu/

ddu (intensive aorist ttddu or ttdda, verbal noun tawada, Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵓ, Arabic spelling دّو)

1. to walk, to go

   Synonym: ftu

   ddu s tgmmi nnk. ― go to your house.

   ar ittddu s tfssi. ― he walks quickly.

2. to leave

   idda s fas. ― he left for Fez.

3. to pass (time)

   idda wass. ― it's late (lit. the day has gone).

   idda lḥal. ― it's late.

4. to be in a delicate situation (used with gis)

   ndda gisnt. ― we are in trouble.

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• IPA^(key): /dːu/

ddu (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵓ, Arabic spelling دّو)

1. beneath, below, under

   ar ttddan s kran dmml s kra n ddu wazig. ― they go to a place under a cliff.

2. before

   mraw wussan x ddu lɛid. ― ten days before the holiday.

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 702a

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ðɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ðiː/
• Homophone: ddi (South Wales)

ddu

1. soft mutation of du (“black”)