Dictionaries › Malay

duga

Pronunciation: /ˈduɡə/

“duga” is a Malay word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to guess
  2. to measure or gauge the depth of a body of water
  3. to test

Etymology

Probably from Sanskrit दृग (dṛga, “to see”) or Sanskrit दूर (dūra, “distant, far, remote”). Doublet of dura.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “duga” there

More Malay words

About this dictionary

The Malay dictionary on Glottosphere has 9,412 entries with a page. Browse the Malay dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.