dene

See also: Dene, Dené, and déne

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn
• Homophones: dean, Deane

Etymology 1

From Middle English dene, from Old English dene.

Alternative forms

• dean, den

Noun

dene (plural denes)

1. (Northumbria) a valley, especially the deep valley of a stream or rivulet

Usage notes

This, or perhaps Old English dene, is found elsewhere in placenames, particularly in southern England, including Dene Park in Tonbridge, Kent, The Dene in Southwater, Sussex, Deepdene in Dorking, Surrey, The Dene in Alresford, Hampshire, Dene Hollow in south Birmingham, Denefield in Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, and Primrose Dene in Knottingley, Yorkshire

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to Middle Low German düne (“dune”).

Noun

dene (plural denes)

1. a sand dune by the seashore

Anagrams

• Eden, Ende, deen, eden, ende, need

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English dene; possibly originally the same word as den (“den”).

Alternative forms

• dane, den, deyne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛːn(ə)/

Noun

dene

1. valley

Descendants

• English: dene, dean
• Scots: den (conflated with den)

References

• “den, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin dēni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːn(ə)/

Numeral

dene

1. (nonce word) ten

References

• “dẹ̄ne, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Noun

dene

1. Alternative form of den (“dean”)

Etymology 4

Noun

dene

1. Alternative form of dynne

Etymology 5

Verb

dene

1. Alternative form of deynen (“to disdain”)

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Old English

Alternative forms

• denu

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *danją, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“low ground”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.ne/

Noun

dene f

1. valley
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "Another Vision"

     Þā becōmon wit tō ānre dene sēo wæs ormǣtlīċe dēop and wīd.

     Then we reached a valley that was enormously deep and wide.

Declension

Declension of dene (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dene	dene, dena
accusative	dene	dene, dena
genitive	dene	dena
dative	dene	denum

Descendants

• English: dene

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeːnʲe/

Verb

dene

1. Alternative spelling of déne

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dene	dene pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndene
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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South Slavey

Etymology

Cognates include Navajo diné and Dogrib done.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̀.nɛ̀/

Noun

dene

1. man
2. husband
3. person
4. (specifically) Slavey person

Derived terms

• denekéhle

 

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 19

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.ˈne/
• Hyphenation: de‧ne

Noun

dene (definite accusative deneyi, plural deneler)

1. (regional) Alternative form of tane

Verb

dene

1. second-person singular imperative of denemek

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West Makian

Etymology

From de (“I”) +‎ ne (“this”). Compare dema.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪e.ˈn̪e/

Pronoun

dene (possessive prefix ti)

1. (emphatic) first-person singular pronoun, I here

   dene musti tidadi puni ― I must become a spirit

See also

West Makian personal pronouns

	independent	possessive prefix
1st person singular	de	ti
2nd person singular	ni	ni
3rd person singular	me	mVan., dVinan.
1st person plural inclusive	ene	nV
1st person plural exclusive	imi	mi
2nd person plural	ini	fi
3rd person plural	eme	di

• V indicates the expected assimilated vowel of the following noun, following standard West Makian vowel harmony.

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics