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Etymology
Borrowed from Chinese 箸 (MC drjoH, “chopstick”). Cognate with Zhuang dawh (“chopstick”).
Pronunciation
Noun
deh
- chopstick
Synonyms
Hupdë
Noun
deh
- water
References
- Patience Epps, A Grammar of Hup (2008)
Italian
Etymology
Probably from Latin dee, vocative form of deus (“god, deity”).
Pronunciation
Interjection
deh (poetic, literary)
- 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
Numeral
deh
- ten
References
- ^ Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2010) “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 203
Romanian
Interjection
deh
- 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
Contraction
deh
- (Southern Scots, Edinburgh, Northern Scots) 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 . Cognates include Navajo tooh and Dogrib deh.
Pronunciation
Noun
deh
- river
Inflection
Possessive inflection of deh (-dehé)
References
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 213
Yuhup
Noun
deh
- 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