doe

See also DOE

English

Etymology

From Middle English do, from Old English dā (“female deer”), from Proto-Germanic *dajjǭ (“female deer, mother deer”), from Proto-Germanic *dajjaną (“to suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰēy- (“to suck (milk), to suckle”). Cognate with Scots da, dae (“female deer”), Alemannic German tē (“doe”), Danish då (“deer, doe”), Sanskrit धेनुः (dhénā, “cow, milk-cow”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”), Old English delu (“teat”). Related also to fellatio, filial, fetus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /d@U/
• (US) enPR: dō, IPA: /doʊ/, X-SAMPA: /doU/
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophones: doh, dough, do (in music)

Noun

doe (plural does)

1. A female deer; also used of similar animals such as reindeer, antelope, goat.
2. A female fallow deer.
3. A female rabbit.
4. A female hare.
5. A female squirrel.
6. A female kangaroo

Synonyms

• (female deer): hind (female red deer)
• (female kangaroo): blue flyer (female red kangaroo)

Translations

female deer

• Armenian: եղնիկ (hy) (eġnik)
• Bulgarian: сърна (bg) (sǎ̀rna) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 母鹿 (cmn) (mǔlù), 麀 (cmn) (yōu), 雌鹿 (cmn) (cílù)

• Czech: laň (cs) f, srna (cs) f
• Dutch: hinde (nl) f
• Esperanto: cervino (eo)
• Finnish: naarashirvi (fi) (moose), vaadin (fi) (reindeer or other small deer)
• French: biche (fr) f
• German: Hirschkuh (de) f, Hinde (de) f (poetic) ; Hindin (de) f (poetic)
• Greek: ελαφίνα (el) (elafína) f
• Hungarian: szarvastehén (hu)
• Ido: cervino (io)
• Irish: eilit (ga) f
• Italian: cerva (it) f
• Japanese: 麀 (ja) (めじか, mejika), 雌 (ja) (めす, mesu) (various female animals)
• Latin: cerva (la)
• Luxembourgish: Hirschkou (lb) f

• Malayalam: പേടമാന്‍
• Old English: hind (ang)
• Old French: bisse f
• Pali: becia (pi)
• Persian: آهو ماده (fa) (âhu-ye mâde)
• Polish: łania (pl) f
• Portuguese: corça (pt) f
• Romanian: ciută (ro) f, căprioară (ro)
• Russian: олениха (ru) (olénixa, oleníxa) f, самка оленя (sámka olénja) f
• Scottish Gaelic: maoiseach (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: срна (sh) f, srna (sh) f, кошута (sh) f, košuta (sh) f
• Spanish: cierva (es) f, cabra (es) f (of a goat)
• Swedish: hind (sv)
• Taos: pę̀łȉwéna
• Turkish: maral (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) stäg (vo), (♂) histäg (vo), (♀) jistäg (vo)
• Walloon: bih (wa)
• West Frisian: wyfkehart (fy)

female fallow deer

• Bulgarian: кошута (bg) (košuta) f
• Dutch: damherthinde (nl) f
• Esperanto: damaino (eo)
• Finnish: vaadin (fi)

• French: daine (fr) f
• Ido: daimino (io)
• Italian: daina (it) f
• Scottish Gaelic: maoiseach (gd) f

female rabbit

• Dutch: voedster (nl), moer (nl)
• Esperanto: kuniklino (eo)
• Finnish: naaraskani (fi)
• French: lapine (fr) f
• Irish: coinín baineann (ga) m
• Italian: coniglia (it) f

• Lojban: ractu (jbo)
• Russian: крольчиха (ru) (krolʹčíxa) f
• Scottish Gaelic: ban-choinean (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: куница (sh) f, kunica (sh) f
• Spanish: coneja (es) f
• Volapük: (♂♀) krolig (vo), (♂) hikrolig (vo), (♀) jikrolig (vo)

female hare

• Dutch: moerhaas (nl) f
• Esperanto: leporino (eo)
• Finnish: naarasjänis (fi)
• French: hase (fr) f
• Ido: leporino (io)
• Irish: giorria baineann (ga) m

• Italian: lepre femmina (it)
• Lojban: ractu (jbo)
• Russian: зайчиха (ru) (zajčíxa) f
• Serbo-Croatian: зечица (sh) f, zečica (sh) f
• Volapük: (♂♀) liev (vo), (♂) hiliev (vo), (♀) jiliev (vo)

female squirrel

• Esperanto: sciurino (eo)
• Finnish: naarasorava (fi)
• Italian: scoiattolo femmina (it)

• Russian: белка (ru) (bélka) m and f, бельчиха (ru) (belʹčíxa) f
• Serbo-Croatian: веверица (sh) f, veverica (sh) f
• Volapük: (♂♀) yat (vo), (♂) hiyat (vo), (♀) jiyat (vo)

female kangaroo

• Finnish: kengurunaaras (fi)

• Volapük: (♂♀) kangur (vo), (♂) hikangur (vo), (♀) jikangur (vo)
• Russian: самка кенгуру (sámka kengurú) f

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Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: košuta f
• Estonian: emahirv (et), emajänes (et)
• Hungarian: őzsuta (hu)
• Lithuanian: elnė f

• Spanish: venada (es) f, hembra del antílope (es) f
• Romanian: cerboaică (ro), ciută (ro)

Verb

doe

1. Archaic spelling of do.
   • 1620 Mayflower Compact

     ...a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God...

Anagrams

• Edo, EOD, ode, ODE, OED

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u
• IPA: /du/

Verb

doe

1. first-person singular present indicative of doen
2. singular present subjunctive of doen
3. imperative of doen

Anagrams

• deo

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Limburgish

Etymology

From Old Dutch thū, from Proto-Germanic *þū. Related to English thou.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [duː˨]

Pronoun

doe

1. (personal) thou, you (singular)

Inflection

	Singular	Dual	Plural
nominative	doe, se	jee	geer, g'r
genitive	diener, diens	öcher	öcher
locative	diches	öches	öches
vocative	de!	jee!	jee!
dative	dir	öch	öch
accusative¹	dich	öch	öch

• Dative is nowadays obsolete, use accusative instead.

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Portuguese

Verb

doe

1. first-person singular present tense conjunctive of doar
2. third-person singular present tense imperative of doar
3. third-person singular present tense conjunctive of doar

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• ddoe

Adverb

doe

1. yesterday

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West Frisian

Etymology

Related to Old English þā (“then, at that time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /duə/

Adverb

doe

1. then, at that time (which is presumably in the past)

   Doe, saken wienen net lykas no. Then, things were not like now.