dene
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diːn/
- Rhymes: -iːn
- Homophones: dean, Deane
Etymology 1
From Middle English dene, from Old English dene.
Alternative forms
- dean, den
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
Etymology 2
Perhaps related to Middle Low German düne (“dune”).
Noun
dene (plural denes)
- a sand dune by the seashore
Anagrams
- Eden, Ende, deen, eden, ende, need
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *deno.
Noun
dēne m
- Dane
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: Deen
- Limburgish: daen
Further reading
- “dene”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English dene; possibly originally the same word as den (“den”).
Alternative forms
- dane, den, deyne
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛːn(ə)/
Noun
dene
- valley
Descendants
- English: dene, dean, Deane
- Scots: den (conflated with den)
References
- “den, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin dēni.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdeːn(ə)/
Numeral
dene
- (nonce word) ten
References
- “dẹ̄ne, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Noun
dene
- Alternative form of den (“dean”)
Noun
dene
- Alternative form of dynne
Verb
dene
- Alternative form of deynen (“to disdain”)
Old English
Alternative forms
- denu
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
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | dene | dene, dena |
accusative | dene | dene, dena |
genitive | dene | dena |
dative | dene | denum |
Descendants
- English: dene
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːnʲe/
Verb
dene
- Alternative spelling of déne
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
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
Etymology
Cognates include Navajo diné and Dogrib done.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛ̀.nɛ̀/
Noun
dene
- man
- husband
- person
- (specifically) Slavey person
Derived terms
- denekéhle
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
Noun
dene (definite accusative deneyi, plural deneler)
- (regional) Alternative form of tane
Verb
dene
- second-person singular imperative of denemek
West Makian
Etymology
From de (“I”) + ne (“this”). Compare dema.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d̪e.ˈn̪e/
Pronoun
dene (possessive prefix ti)
- (emphatic) first-person singular pronoun, I here
- dene musti tidadi puni ― I must become a spirit
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.
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics