deve

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دوه‎ (deve).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛˈvɛ]

Noun

deve ? (indefinite plural deveja)

1. camel

Pronunciation

• dève
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛve/

Verb

deve

1. third-person singular indicative present of dovere; (he, she, it) must

Anagrams

• vede

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.vɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.vi/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.ve/

Verb

deve

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of dever
   • 2007, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Rocco, page 372:

     Quero enterrá-lo como deve ser.

     I want to bury him as it should be done.

2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of dever

Etymology

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (teve, “camel”), from Proto-Turkic *debe (“camel”).

Noun

deve (definite accusative deveyi, plural develer)

1. (zoology) camel

Noun

deve

1. dative singular of dev