deh

See also: děh and deȟ

Bouyei

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 箸 (MC ɖɨʌH, “chopstick”). Cognate with Zhuang dawh (“chopstick”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɯ˧/

Noun

deh

  1. chopstick

Synonyms
  • guhdeh

Hupdë

Alternative forms

Noun

deh

  1. water

References
  • Patience Epps, A Grammar of Hup (2008)

Italian
FWOTD – 20 March 2016

Etymology

Probably from Latin dee, vocative form of deus (“god, deity”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛ/
  • Homophone: dè
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: dèh

Interjection

deh (poetic, literary)

  1. used to introduce a prayer or request or a wishful statement; ah!, oh!
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto X, page 321 vv. 91-93:
      Deh, or mi dì: quanto tesoro volle ¶ Nostro Segnore in prima da San Pietro ¶ ch'ei ponesse le chiavi in sua balia? [...]
      I pray thee tell me now how great a treasure ¶ Our Lord demanded of Saint Peter first, ¶ before he put the keys into his keeping? [...]

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dáca, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáća,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Compare Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬯𐬀‎ (dasa), Persian ده‎ (dah), Ossetian дӕс (dæs), Pashto لس‎ (ləs), Sanskrit दश (daśa), Urdu دس‎ (das), also Armenian տասը (tasə), Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), Russian десять (desjatʹ), Latin decem, English ten.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛh

Numeral
Central Kurdish دە‎ (de)

deh

  1. ten

References
  1. Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2010), “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 203

Romanian

Interjection

deh

  1. Obsolete form of de.

References
  • deh in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Scots

Etymology

Contraction of dinnae.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɛː/

Contraction

deh

  1. (South Scots, Edinburgh, Northern) don't
    A deh ken what ee mean! (example is in South Scots; "what" would be replaced by "whit" or "fit" and "ee" with "ye" in other Scots dialects)

Usage notes
  • Not used interrogatively and is not used in the third-person singular (the third-person singular equivalent of that is doesnae, or disnae in the Borders)

South Slavey

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan [Term?]. Cognates include Navajo tooh and Dogrib deh.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɛ̀h/

Noun

deh

  1. river

Declension
Possessive inflection of deh (alienable; stem: -dehé)
singular plural
1st person sedehé naxedehé
2nd person nedehé
3rd person1) medehé gidehé
3rd person2) godehé
4th person yedehé
reflexive ɂededehé,
dedehé		 kededehé
reciprocal — ɂełedehé
indefinite ɂedehé
areal godehé
1) Used for a possessed object when the subject is third person human plural and object is singular.
2) Used when the previous condition doesn't apply.

References
  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 213

Yuhup

Noun

deh

  1. water

References
  • Jesús Mario Girón, Una gramática del wãńsöjöt (puinave) (2008): 'agua' (en hup y yuhup: deh, en nadëb: naʔɤy, en daw: nɤx, o en níkak cande)
  • HG
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