deh

See also: děh and deȟ

Bouyei

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɯ˧/

Noun

deh

1. chopstick

Synonyms

• guhdeh

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Hupdë

Alternative forms

• děh

Noun

deh

1. water

References

• Patience Epps, A Grammar of Hup (2008)

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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 (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? [...]

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Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dáca, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáća, 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

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛː/

Contraction

deh

1. 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)

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South Slavey

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̀h/

Noun

deh

1. river

References

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

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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