deh

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 箸 (MC ɖɨʌ^H, “chopstick”). Cognate with Zhuang dawh (“chopstick”).

Noun

deh

1. chopstick

Alternative forms

• děh

Noun

deh

1. water

References

• Patience Epps, A Grammar of Hup (2008)

Etymology

Probably from Latin dee, vocative form of deus (“god, deity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛ/, [d̪ɛ]
• Hyphenation: dèh
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Interjection

deh (poetic, literary)

1. Used to introduce a prayer or request or a wishful statement; ah!, oh!
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto X, page 321 vv. 91-93:

     «Deh, or mi dì: quanto tesoro volle ¶ Nostro Segnore in prima da San Pietro ¶ ch'ei ponesse le chiavi in sua balia? [...]»

     «I pray thee tell me now how great a treasure ¶ Our Lord demanded of Saint Peter first, ¶ before he put the keys into his keeping? [...]»

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *daśa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daća,^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t. Compare Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬯𐬀‎ (dasa), Persian ده‎ (dah), Ossetian дӕс (dæs), Pashto لس‎ (ləs), Sanskrit दश (daśa), Urdu دس‎ (das), also Armenian տասը (tasə), Greek δέκα (déka), Russian десять (desjatʹ), Latin decem, English ten.

Numeral

deh

1. ten

References

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛː/

Contraction

deh

1. don't

   A deh ken what ee mean! (example is in South Scots; "what" would be replaced by "whit" or "fit" and "ee" with "ye" in other Scots dialects)

Usage notes

• Not used interrogatively and is not used in the third-person singular (the third-person singular equivalent of that is doesnae, or disnae in the Borders)

Noun

deh

1. water

References

• Jesús Mario Girón, Una gramática del wãńsöjöt (puinave) (2008): 'agua' (en hup y yuhup: deh, en nadëb: naʔɤy, en daw: nɤx, o en níkak cande)
• HG