depa

See also: depå

Kedah Malay

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [deˈpɑ]

Pronoun

depa

  1. they, them, their.
    Mak nak depa tambat lembu tang mana?
    Mom, where do you want them to tie up the cows?

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəpah, from Proto-Austronesian *dəpah. Cognate with Tagalog dipa and Malagasy refy.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dəpa/
  • Rhymes: -əpa, -pa

Noun

depa (Jawi spelling دڤا, informal 1st possessive depaku, 2nd possessive depamu, 3rd possessive depanya)

  1. fathom, a unit of measurement taking up the length from the tip of the right hand to the tip of the left hand; arm span.
    Panjang depa seseorang manusia kebiasaannya sama panjang dengan tingginya.
    The length of one's arm span is usually as long as one's height is tall.

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • mendepa [agent focus] (meN-)
  • mendepakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • didepa [patient focus] (di-)
  • didepakan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)

Descendants
  • Indonesian: depa

Further reading

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *daupijaną.

Verb

dēpa

  1. to baptize

Inflection
Conjugation of dēpa (weak class 1)
infinitive dēpa
indicative present past
1st person singular dēpe dēpte
2nd person singular dēpest, dēpst dēptest
3rd person singular dēpeth, dēpth dēpte
plural dēpath dēpten
subjunctive present past
singular dēpe dēpte
plural dēpe, dēpen dēpte, dēpten
imperative present
singular dēpe
plural dēpath
participle present past
dēpande edēped, dēped
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