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dus
/dus/
num.
“two”

num.
two
Ka igpasabut te dus, daruwa. Seini ne lalag numiru ne egpakasinundul te sabeka wey ke an-anayan.
Daruwa ne libu ka kentidad te kuddè ne nabeli ku.
The horse that I bought cost two thousand pesos.
Gramm. Borrowed from Spanish via Cebuano, but in very common use, e.g., in domains such as money and telling the time.
Wrd.Gloss: two
Syn. duwa
Syn. daruwa
Eng. 02 (Spanish); two (Spanish)
Ceb. duha
OCM: Numeration (802)
DDP: Cardinal numbers (8.1.1.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: B

Updated by: RJH,AAA,TME,NJK
Last updated: 07/Jul/2009

Links to texts

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"dus" in text "Requesting a Loan"

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