di-

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /daɪ/
  • (file)

Etymology 1[edit]

PIE word
*dwóh₁

Borrowed from Latin di-, from Ancient Greek δι- (di-, two).

Prefix[edit]

Greek number prefix
2 Previous: mono-
Next: tri-

di-

  1. Two, twice or double.
    Synonyms: duo-, bi-, bis-
    carbon dioxide
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Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dis-.

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. Alternative form of dis-, shortened before l, m, n, r, s (followed by a consonant), and v; also often shortened before g, and sometimes before j.

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐ- (di-), from Ancient Greek δῐά (diá, through).

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. Alternative form of dia-, before a vowel.
    diactinic, dielectric

Derived terms[edit]

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References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, twice).

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. di-

Derived terms[edit]

Danish[edit]

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. two

Derived terms[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, twice).

Pronunciation[edit]

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. Meaning two, twice, or double.
    dioxide
    dioxide
    dipool
    diople

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from Latin di-.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [di]
  • Hyphenation: di

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. di-

Derived terms[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Internationalism (see English di-), ultimately from Ancient Greek δι- (di-).

Pronunciation[edit]

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. di- (double, twin)
    Synonyms: bi-, kaksois-

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French[edit]

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. di-

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δίς (dís, twice).

Pronunciation[edit]

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. di-

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • di-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay di-, from Classical Malay di-, from Late Old Malay di-, from Early Old Malay ni-.

Pronunciation[edit]

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di-

  1. (transitive) Patient focus, used in an OVA sentence.
    dimakanto be eaten

Derived terms[edit]

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /di/
  • Hyphenation: di-

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin de- (indicating removal or descent).

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. de-
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, twice).

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. di-
Derived terms[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Prefix[edit]

dī-

  1. Alternative form of dis-
Usage notes[edit]

Occurs before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, sc, sp, st, v, and occasionally before consonantal i.

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐ- (di-), from δίς (dís, twice, doubly).

Pronunciation[edit]

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. Two, double; di-.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

English: di-

Malay[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Prefix[edit]

di- (Jawi spelling ‎)

  1. (third person) Patient focus, used in an OVA sentence.
    Pintu itu dibuka olehnya.
    That door was opened by him.

Usage notes[edit]

Frequently but erroneously called "passive voice", always accompanied with oleh and exclusively used with third-person.

Derived terms[edit]

Navajo[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Represents multiple homophonous thematic and aspectual prefixes of position I and VI, whose exact meaning and etymology remain mostly speculative.

Prefix[edit]

di- (position I)

  1. fire, near or into it

► Navajo verbs with disjunct prefix di-

di- (position VI)

Young and Morgan (1987) identify 14 or so thematic prefixes, among others:

  1. fire, light
  2. arms and legs
  3. extension, elongated shape
  4. noise, sound, oral, food, sensory
  5. color (see also dini-)
  6. relinquishment, relief
  7. sanctity
  8. Unclassified, often entering in the formation of other prefix compounds

Four modal-aspectual uses are also distinguished:

  1. Forms a number of inceptive verbs, with a (∅/si) paradigm.
  2. Forms a number of inchoative verbs, with prepounded dah and a transitional (yii/yii) paradigm.
  3. Forms the future mode of all active verbs along with the progressive yi-.
  4. Forms a number of neuter adjectivals.

► Navajo verbs with prefix di-

Etymology 2[edit]

Probably cognate with a prefix of similar shape occurring in other Athabascan languages a reflexive possessive pronoun.

Probably cognate with classifier -d- marking passive and reflexive verbs.

Prefix[edit]

di- (position IV)

  1. Personal prefix used in combination with the prefix of position I à-, marking the reflexive verbs. It always triggers a classifier shift (d, łl).
    yishchʼidI'm scratching it
    nishchʼidI'm scratching you
    ádíshchʼidI'm scratching myself
    ánááshchʼidI'm scratching myself again

Northern Sotho[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *jí-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. Class 8 noun prefix.

Polish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin di-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. di-
    di- + ‎chromatyczny → ‎dichromatyczny
    Synonyms: bi-, dwu-

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • di- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • di- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίς (dís, twice).

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. di- (two, twice or double)

Derived terms[edit]

Sotho[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *jí-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. Class 8 noun prefix.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, twice).

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. di-
    Synonyms: bi-, duo-
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin dis or Latin di.

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. dis-
Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *di.

Pronunciation[edit]

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. non-; un-; de-

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Tswana[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *jí-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. Class 8 noun prefix.

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Proto-Celtic *dī- (from, of), from Proto-Indo-European *de. Cognate with Cornish di-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Prefix[edit]

di-

  1. intensifying prefix
    di- + ‎goddef → ‎dioddef
    di- + ‎golwch → ‎diolch
  2. without, -less, de-, a-, negative prefix
    di- + ‎enw (name) → ‎dienw (anonymous)
    di- + ‎paid (pause, respite) → ‎di-baid (ceaseless, incessant)
    di- + ‎swydd (home) + ‎-o → ‎diswyddo (dismiss, discharge, sack, make redundant)
    Synonyms: af-, an-, dis-

Usage notes[edit]

The negative prefix di- indicates a lack of something and is most often attached to a noun in a similar manner to English -less, e.g. dienw (anonymous, nameless), di-waith (unemployed (“workless”)), diobaith (hopeless). In contrast, af- and an- simply denote the negative form of the following root rather than the lack of it.

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
di- ddi- ni- unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “di-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Makian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

di-

  1. third-person plural possessive prefix, their
    di omatheir children
  2. (polite) third-person singular possessive prefix, his, her
    mene de ti deto di musalathis is my grandmother's mat

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

di-

  1. (inanimate) alternative form of da- (its) when preceded by a root-initial i

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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