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doe

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English do, from Old English dā (“female deer”), from Proto-Germanic *dajjǭ (“female deer, mother deer”), from Proto-Germanic *dajjaną (“to suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck (milk), to suckle”). Cognate with Scots da, dae (“female deer”), Alemannic German tē (“doe”), Danish då (“deer, doe”), Sanskrit धेनु (dhenú, “cow, milk-cow”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”), Old English delu (“teat”). Related also to fellatio, filial, fetus.

NounEdit

doe (plural does)

  1. A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope, (less commonly goat as nanny is also used).
  2. A female rabbit.
  3. A female hare.
  4. A female squirrel.
  5. A female kangaroo.
SynonymsEdit
  • (female deer): hind (female red deer)
  • (female kangaroo): blue flyer (female red kangaroo)
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

doe

  1. Obsolete spelling of do
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
      As salutations, reverences, or conges, by which some doe often purchase the honour, (but wrongfully) to be humble, lowly, and courteous […].
    • 1620 Mayflower Compact
      […] a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God […]

Etymology 3Edit

AdverbEdit

doe (not comparable)

  1. (African American Vernacular, MLE) though

AnagramsEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

VerbEdit

doe

  1. first-person singular present indicative of doen
  2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of doen
  3. imperative of doen

Etymology 2Edit

AdverbEdit

doe

  1. (now dialectal) Alternative form of toen.

ConjunctionEdit

doe

  1. (now dialectal) Alternative form of toen.

AnagramsEdit

LimburgishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch du, from Old Dutch thū, from Proto-Germanic *þū.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

doe

  1. thou, you (singular)

InflectionEdit

Singular Dual Plural
nominative doe, se jee geer, g'r
genitive diener, diens öcher öcher
locative diches öches öches
vocative de! jee! jee!
dative dir öch öch
accusative¹ dich öch öch
  • Dative is nowadays obsolete, use accusative instead.

LinduEdit

NounEdit

doe

  1. end; tip

Middle DutchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Dutch thuo.

AdverbEdit

doe

  1. then, at that time, at the time
  2. then, after that
Alternative formsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Dutch: toen
  • Limburgish: doe

ConjunctionEdit

doe

  1. when, at the time that
Alternative formsEdit
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the main entry.

VerbEdit

doe

  1. inflection of doen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. singular imperative

Further readingEdit

  • “doe, doen (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “doe, doen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “doe (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

doe

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of doar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of doar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of doar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of doar

WelshEdit

AdverbEdit

doe

  1. yesterday

West FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

doe

  1. then, at that time (which is presumably in the past)
    Doe, saken wienen net lykas no.
    Then, things were not like now.

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • “doe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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