dene
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "dene"
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English dene, from Old English dene.
Alternative forms
Noun
dene (plural denes)
- (Northumbria) a valley, especially the deep valley of a stream or rivulet
Usage notes
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
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Perhaps related to Middle Low German düne (“dune”).
Noun
dene (plural denes)
Anagrams
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.ne/, [ˈd̪eːnɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.ne/, [ˈd̪ɛːne]
Numeral
dēne
Etymology
From Old Dutch *deno.
Noun
dēne m
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- “dene”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Etymology 1
From Old English dene; possibly originally the same word as den (“den”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
dene
Descendants
References
- “den, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Numeral
dene
References
- “dẹ̄ne, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
Noun
dene
- Alternative form of den (“dean”)
Etymology 4
Noun
dene
- Alternative form of dynne
Etymology 5
Verb
dene
- Alternative form of deynen (“to disdain”)
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *danją, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“low ground”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Strong i-stem:
Descendants
- English: dene
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Pronunciation
Verb
dene
- Alternative spelling of déne
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan [Term?]. Cognates include Navajo diné and Dogrib done.
Pronunciation
Noun
dene (stem -dene-)
Usage notes
- People of Slavey ethnicity are simply called dene (literally "human"). When specification is needed, denekéhle (literally “true human”) is used.
Inflection
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||
Possessive inflection of dene (-deneé)
Derived terms
References
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 19
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
dene (definite accusative deneyi, plural deneler)
Etymology 2
Verb
dene
Etymology
Pronunciation
Pronoun
dene (possessive prefix ti)
See also
West Makian personal pronouns
- V indicates the expected assimilated vowel of the following noun, following standard West Makian vowel harmony.
References
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