dene
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English dene, from Old English dene.
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
Etymology 2
Perhaps related to Middle Low German düne (“dune”).
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.ne/, [ˈd̪eːnɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.ne/, [ˈd̪ɛːne]
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *deno.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “dene”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English dene; possibly originally the same word as den (“den”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛːn(ə)/
References
- “den, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdeːn(ə)/
References
- “dẹ̄ne, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *danją, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“low ground”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈde.ne/
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
Descendants
- English: dene
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːnʲe/
South Slavey
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan [Term?]. Cognates include Navajo diné and Dogrib done.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tɛ̀.nɛ̀(ʔ)]
- Hyphenation: de‧ne
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. |
References
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 19
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.ˈne/
- Hyphenation: de‧ne
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d̪e.ˈn̪e/
Pronoun
dene (possessive prefix ti)
See also
independent | possessive prefix | |
---|---|---|
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.