sudo

See also: Sudo, Sudō, sudó, sudò, and sūdo

English

Etymology

Originally understood as a blend of superuser +‎ do, now has evolved to be an abbreviation of substitute user, do.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.duː/, (proscribed, spelling pronunciation) /ˈsuː.doʊ/, (proscribed, spelling pronunciation) /ˈsuː.dəʊ/

Noun

sudo (uncountable)

1. (computing) A Unix command that allows a user to run a program with the security privileges of another user.

Verb

sudo (third-person singular simple present sudos, present participle sudoing, simple past and past participle sudoed)

1. (computing) To invoke such a command.

Asturian

Verb

sudo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sudar

Esperanto

Etymology

From English south, French sud, German Süden, Italian sud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsudo]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -udo
• Hyphenation: su‧do

Noun

sudo (uncountable, accusative sudon)

1. south

Abbreviations

• S
• Su

Antonyms

• nordo (“north”)

Derived terms

• suda (“southern”)
• sudano (“southerner”)

See also

(compass points) kompasdirektoj;

nordokcidento norduesto	nordo	nordoriento nordeosto
okcidento uesto		oriento eosto
sudokcidento suduesto	sudo	sudoriento sudeosto

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto sudo, English south, French sud, German Süden, Italian sud, Spanish sur, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsudo/

Noun

sudo (uncountable)

1. (geography) south

   Antonym: nordo

Abbreviations

• S

See also

nord-westo	nordo	nord-esto
westo		esto
sud-westo	sudo	sud-esto

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.do/
• Rhymes: -udo
• Hyphenation: sù‧do

Verb

sudo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sudare

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- (“to sweat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.doː/, [ˈs̠uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.do/, [ˈsuːd̪o]

Verb

sūdō (present infinitive sūdāre, perfect active sūdāvī, supine sūdātum); first conjugation

1. to sweat, perspire

Conjugation

Conjugation of sūdō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sūdō	sūdās	sūdat	sūdāmus	sūdātis	sūdant
	imperfect	sūdābam	sūdābās	sūdābat	sūdābāmus	sūdābātis	sūdābant
	future	sūdābō	sūdābis	sūdābit	sūdābimus	sūdābitis	sūdābunt
	perfect	sūdāvī	sūdāvistī, sūdāstī1	sūdāvit, sūdāt1	sūdāvimus, sūdāmus1	sūdāvistis, sūdāstis1	sūdāvērunt, sūdāvēre, sūdārunt1
	pluperfect	sūdāveram, sūdāram1	sūdāverās, sūdārās1	sūdāverat, sūdārat1	sūdāverāmus, sūdārāmus1	sūdāverātis, sūdārātis1	sūdāverant, sūdārant1
	future perfect	sūdāverō, sūdārō1	sūdāveris, sūdāris1	sūdāverit, sūdārit1	sūdāverimus, sūdārimus1	sūdāveritis, sūdāritis1	sūdāverint, sūdārint1
passive	present	sūdor	sūdāris, sūdāre	sūdātur	sūdāmur	sūdāminī	sūdantur
	imperfect	sūdābar	sūdābāris, sūdābāre	sūdābātur	sūdābāmur	sūdābāminī	sūdābantur
	future	sūdābor	sūdāberis, sūdābere	sūdābitur	sūdābimur	sūdābiminī	sūdābuntur
	perfect	sūdātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sūdātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sūdātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sūdem	sūdēs	sūdet	sūdēmus	sūdētis	sūdent
	imperfect	sūdārem	sūdārēs	sūdāret	sūdārēmus	sūdārētis	sūdārent
	perfect	sūdāverim, sūdārim1	sūdāverīs, sūdārīs1	sūdāverit, sūdārit1	sūdāverīmus, sūdārīmus1	sūdāverītis, sūdārītis1	sūdāverint, sūdārint1
	pluperfect	sūdāvissem, sūdāssem1	sūdāvissēs, sūdāssēs1	sūdāvisset, sūdāsset1	sūdāvissēmus, sūdāssēmus1	sūdāvissētis, sūdāssētis1	sūdāvissent, sūdāssent1
passive	present	sūder	sūdēris, sūdēre	sūdētur	sūdēmur	sūdēminī	sūdentur
	imperfect	sūdārer	sūdārēris, sūdārēre	sūdārētur	sūdārēmur	sūdārēminī	sūdārentur
	perfect	sūdātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sūdātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sūdā	—	—	sūdāte	—
	future	—	sūdātō	sūdātō	—	sūdātōte	sūdantō
passive	present	—	sūdāre	—	—	sūdāminī	—
	future	—	sūdātor	sūdātor	—	—	sūdantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sūdāre	sūdāvisse, sūdāsse1	sūdātūrum esse	sūdārī	sūdātum esse	sūdātum īrī
participles		sūdāns	—	sūdātūrus	—	sūdātus	sūdandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sūdandī	sūdandō	sūdandum	sūdandō	sūdātum	sūdātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• sūdārium

Related terms

• sūdor

Descendants

• Aromanian: asud, asudari
• Asturian: sudar
• Catalan: suar
• Franco-Provençal: suar
• French: suer
• Friulian: sudâ
• Italian: sudare
• Neapolitan: sodare
• Occitan: susar, sudar, suar
• Piedmontese: strasuvé
• Portuguese: suar
• Romanian: asuda, asudare
• Romansch: suar
• Sicilian: sudari
• Spanish: sudar
• Venetan: suar, sudar
• → English: sudate

References

• “sudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• schuldà (Rumantsch Grischun)
• schuldau (Sursilvan)
• suldo (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• schuldo (Sutsilvan)
• sudà (Vallader)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sudo m (plural sudos)

1. (Puter) soldier

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsudo/ [ˈsu.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -udo
• Syllabification: su‧do

Verb

sudo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sudar

Ternate

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀuq, from Proto-Austronesian *suʀuq (“to call on a person to do something”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.do/

Verb

sudo

1. (transitive) to ask, to order

Conjugation

Conjugation of sudo
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tosudo	fosudo	misudo
2nd	nosudo	nisudo
3rd	Masculine	osudo	isudo, yosudo†
Feminine	mosudo
Neuter	isudo
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh