dae

See also: DAE, -dae, dæ, and Dǽ

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑːə/

Noun

dae

1. plural of dag

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Iu Mien

Noun

dae 

1. father, dad

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Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch die (“that one”), from Old Dutch thie (“that one”), from Proto-Germanic *sa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dæː˨]

Pronoun

dae

1. (personal) he

Inflection

	Impolite			Polite
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
nominative	dae, d'r, t'r, 'r	dee	die	hae	die	die
genitive	daer	dier	dier	dem zien	dier	dier
locative	daes	dies	dies	dems	dies	dies
vocative	—	—	—	—	—	—
dative	'm	die	die	dem	die	die
accusative¹	'n	die	dien	den	dien	dien

• Accusative is nowadays obsolete, use dative instead.

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Pijin

Etymology

From English die

Verb

dae

1. To die

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Scots

Alternative forms

• dee (Doric)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Middle English don, from Old English dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do, make”).

Verb

dae (third-person singular simple present dis, present participle daein, simple past did, past participle din)

1. to do
   • 2018, Chris McQueer, HWFG, 404Ink 2018, p. 2:

     The world disnae know how tae handle wummin like me so until cunts figure that oot, ah'll joost keep dain, an gettin, witever the fuck ah want.

   Whit ye daein? ― What are you doing? (Central Scots)

   What ee daein? ― What are you doing? (South Scots)

Derived terms

• dae guid (“to do good; to do well, thrive”)

Verb

dae (third-person singular simple present dis, simple past did)

1. (Southern Scots, Doric Scots) indicates an affirmation of something

   A div sei what ee'r on aboot! (South Scots)

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Usage notes

The second form of this verb also occurs in the North East of England. The first form of the verb is A dae in the first person singular whereas the second is A div.

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Tamambo

Noun

dae

1. blood

Further reading

• Complex Predicates in Oceanic Languages →ISBN, Isabelle Bril, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre, 2004), citing Jauncey (1997), with the example dae-na [blood-P:3S] "his blood"
• The Oceanic Languages →ISBN, Terry Crowley, John Lynch, Malcolm Ross, 2013)