dixi

English

Etymology

From Latin dixi (“I have spoken.”).

Interjection

dixi

1. An utterance signifying the end of a speech.
   • 1912, Constance Garnett (translating Dostoevsky), The Brothers Karamazov, Part II, Book V, Chapter 5:

     "For if anyone has ever deserved our fires, it is Thou. To-morrow I shall burn Thee. Dixi."

Dutch

A portable toilet or dixi

Noun

dixi m (plural dixi's, diminutive [please provide])

1. portable toilet
   • 2024, Liz Hartevelt, Contrast‎^[1], Ambo/Anthos, →ISBN, page 3:

     'O, we hebben net seks gehad in die dixi daar.' Hij wijst met een stalen gezicht naar een oranje wc-hokje, achter een heleboel hekken die het festival van het backstagegebied scheiden.

     'Oh, we just had sex in that portable toilet over there.' With a stern face he points to an orange portable toilet, behind a bunch of fences that separate the festival from the backstage area.

Latin

Etymology

The base is derived from Proto-Italic *deikesi, more specifically the aorist, which has the base *deiks-. Displaced the original perfect, *dedikai, which would have yielded **didicī.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdiːk.siː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdik.si]

Verb

dīxī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of dīcō (“to say”)

Senhaja de Srair

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diχi/

Adverb

dixi (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⵉⵅⵉ)

1. Hmed form of daxel