dúdú
Meanings
black; dark-coloured
black
Adjective
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Same spelling, different tones
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- dudúblack; sable; dark-coloured
- dùdùthickly
- òyìbópeople beyond the waters, applied mostly to white men, but also to natives who have adopted european customs. they are thus distinguished:-òyìbó funfun, "a white man"; òyìbó-dudu, "a black man.
- òyìnbópeople beyond the waters, applied mostly to white men, but also to natives who have adopted european customs. they are thus distinguished:-òyìbó funfun, "a white man"; òyìbó-dudu, "a black man.
- contracted to òìbópeople beyond the waters, applied mostly to white men, but also to natives who have adopted european customs. they are thus distinguished:-òyìbó funfun, "a white man"; òyìbó-dudu, "a black man.