He disappeared in the hallway, calling back: "My DUH Pottuh, good-night!"
"Harlequin and Columbine"
Booth Tarkington
As there is no religious ceremony which is compulsory to the Khasis on the occasion of an adoption, perhaps we are almost justified in concluding that in former times the adoption custom did not exist, more especially as the Khasis possess a special word, iap DUH, for describing a family the females of which have all died out; and it is admittedly the custom for the Siem to succeed to the property of such a family.
"The Khasis"
P. R. T. Gurdon
Orcheh, orcheh nga dappa tugu DUH, chuen deh, dang, yak, guram, tcha, tsamba pin!
"An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet"
A. Henry Savage Landor