dü

See also: -dü, due, du'e, and Appendix:Variations of "du"

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian دو.

Numeral

dü

1. (backgammon) two

East Central German

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy/

Noun

dü

1. (Alzenau) you, thou (second person singular pronoun)

Further reading

• Marek Dolatowski (2013) “Słowniczek polsko-hałcnowski”, in Kwartalnik Językoznawczy (in Polish)
• Marek Dolatowski (2013) “Słownictwo hałcnowskie jako odbicie historii etnolektu i historii wsi”, in Kwartalnik Językoznawczy (in Polish)

Gottscheerish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʉ/

Pronoun

dü

1. you

Kamkata-viri

Kativiri cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dü

Alternative forms

• dyu (Eastern Kata-viri, Western Kata-viri)

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *dū, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdy/

Numeral

dü (Kamviri)

1. two

North Frisian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian thū; see it for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʏ/

Pronoun

dü

1. thou, you

See also

Personal pronouns (Föhr dialect)

		subject case		object case
		full	reduced	full	reduced
singular	1st	ik	'k	mi
	2nd	dü	–	di
	3rd m.	hi	'r	ham	'n
	3rd f./n.	hat	at, 't		at, 't
plural	1st	wi	'f	üs
	2nd	jam	'm	jam
	3rd	jo	's	jo	's
The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic. They immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. At is not enclitic; it can stand in any position so long as it is unstressed. It mostly refers to things. Dual forms wat/onk, jat/jonk are obsolete, as is feminine jü/hör.

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *do.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy/

Preposition

dü (with genitive)

1. up to, until

Tat

Etymology

Cognate with Persian دو (do).

Numeral

dü

1. two

Volapük

Preposition

dü

1. during
   • 1937, “‚Johann Martin Schleyer’”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:

     Dü lif vobafulik oka ekanom tuvön timi ad studön pükis e dialegis 88 difikis, ed ad pläyön degtelati musigömas.

     During his working life, he managed to find the time to study 88 different languages and dialects, and to play twelve musical instruments.

Waigali

Waigali cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dü

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *dū, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdy/

Numeral

dü (Nisheigram)

1. two