dene
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English dene, from Old English dene.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
dene (plural denes)
- (Northumbria) a valley, especially the deep valley of a stream or rivulet
Usage notes edit
This, or perhaps Old English dene, is found elsewhere in placenames, particularly in southern England, including Dene Park in Tonbridge, Kent, The Dene in Southwater, Sussex, Deepdene in Dorking, Surrey, The Dene in Alresford, Hampshire, Dene Hollow in south Birmingham, Denefield in Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, and Primrose Dene in Knottingley, Yorkshire
Etymology 2 edit
Perhaps related to Middle Low German düne (“dune”).
Noun edit
dene (plural denes)
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.ne/, [ˈd̪eːnɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.ne/, [ˈd̪ɛːne]
Numeral edit
dēne
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
dēne m
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “dene”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English dene; possibly originally the same word as den (“den”).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dene
Descendants edit
References edit
- “den, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
dene
References edit
- “dẹ̄ne, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
dene
- Alternative form of den (“dean”)
Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
dene
- Alternative form of dynne
Etymology 5 edit
Verb edit
dene
- Alternative form of deynen (“to disdain”)
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *danją, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“low ground”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dene f
- valley
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Another Vision"
- Þā becōmon wit tō ānre dene sēo wæs ormǣtlīċe dēop and wīd.
- Then we reached a valley that was enormously deep and wide.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Another Vision"
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- English: dene
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dene
- Alternative spelling of déne
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
dene | dene pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndene |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
South Slavey edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Athabaskan [Term?]. Cognates include Navajo diné and Dogrib done.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dene (stem -dene-)
Usage notes edit
- People of Slavey ethnicity are simply called dene (literally "human"). When specification is needed, denekéhle (literally “true human”) is used.
Inflection edit
singular | plural | ||
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1st person | sedeneé | naxedeneé | |
2nd person | nedeneé | ||
3rd person | 1) | — | gideneé |
2) | medeneé | godeneé | |
4th person | yedeneé | ||
reflexive | sp. | ɂededeneé | kededeneé |
unsp. | dedeneé | ||
reciprocal | — | ɂełedeneé | |
indefinite | ɂedeneé | ||
areal | godeneé | ||
1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings and the object is singular. 2) Used when the previous condition does not apply. |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 19
Turkish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
dene (definite accusative deneyi, plural deneler)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
dene
West Makian edit
Etymology edit
From de (“I”) + ne (“this”). Compare dema.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
dene (possessive prefix ti)
See also edit
independent | possessive prefix | |
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1st person singular | de | ti |
2nd person singular | ni | ni |
3rd person singular | me | mVan., dVinan. |
1st person plural inclusive | ene | nV |
1st person plural exclusive | imi | mi |
2nd person plural | ini | fi |
3rd person plural | eme | di |
- V indicates the expected assimilated vowel of the following noun, following standard West Makian vowel harmony.
References edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics