# dee
## English
### Alternative forms

* de (Northumbria)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdiː/
* Rhymes: -iː

### Etymology 1

Variant of do.

#### Verb

dee (third-person singular simple present diz, present participle deein, simple past and past participle dyun)
* (Northumbria) To do.
    What are ye deein man!

#### References

* Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin “dee”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎, archived from the original on 2024-09-05.
* Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
* Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “dee”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

dee (plural dees)
* The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.
** 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
** 2016, CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), pages 3–5:IED [is spoken] as "eye-ee-dee" instead of "I SPELL India Echo Delta Romeo".
* Something shaped like the letter D, such as a dee lock.
    the pommel is furnished with dees.
* (colloquial) Police detective.
    the dees are about.
** 2022 October 31, “Doomsday” (track 7, 1:53 from the start), in Kay Flock (lyrics), F L O C K A‎:Dotty my holster, totin on this knocker (Grrah, grrah) If we see the Ds, bitch, move proper

##### Derived terms

* deejay
* ecks dee

##### Translations
#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

### See also

* Tweedle-dee
* whoop-dee-do
* whoop-dee-doo
* whoop dee doo
* zip-a-dee-doo-dah

### Anagrams

* Ede

## Äiwoo
### Adverb

dee
* (interrogative) when

### References

* Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Bambara
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dẽ˦ẽ˨]

### Noun

dee
* child

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Chairel
### Noun

dee
* water

### References

* W. McCulloch, Account of the Valley of Munnipore and of the Hill tribes with a comparative vocabulary of the Munnipore and other languages (1859, Calcutta: Bengal Printing Company)

## Chinese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 弟?”)

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): di$^4$ / di$^{4-2}$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: di$^4$ / di$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: dìh / dí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: di$^4$ / di$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: di$^4$ / di$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiː²¹/, /tiː²¹⁻³⁵/

### Noun

dee
* (Cantonese, often in compounds) brother
    華dee／华dee [Cantonese] ― waa$^4$ di$^{4-2}$ [Jyutping] ― a nickname, Brother Wah
* (Cantonese, poker, especially in big two) the largest of the poker cards, i.e. 2 (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
* (Cantonese, in compounds) big two
    dee王之王 [Cantonese] ― di$^{4-2}$ wong$^4$ zi$^1$ wong$^4$ [Jyutping] ― king of big two

#### Derived terms

* dee dee
* 鋤dee / 锄dee

## Dutch Low Saxon
### Etymology

Cognate with Dutch die.

### Pronoun

dee
* (relative) who, which, that

## East Central German
### Alternative forms

* deeje

### Etymology

Compare German denn.

### Adverb

dee
* (Erzgebirgisch) (in a question, modal particle) then, ever, but, now (used for emphasis or to express interest, surprise or doubt, or in rhetorical questions)

### References

* 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 31:
* https://www.erzgebirgisch.de/d.dee_1.wort

## Estonian
### Noun

dee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
* The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Latin dē (“name of the letter D”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdeː/, [ˈde̞ː]
* Rhymes: -eː
* Hyphenation: dee

### Noun

dee
* The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of dee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
deeni
deeni
accusative
nom.
deeni
deeni
gen.
deeni
genitive
deeni
deideni deitteni
partitive
deetäni
deitäni
inessive
deessäni
deissäni
elative
deestäni
deistäni
illative
deeheni
deihini
adessive
deelläni
deilläni
ablative
deeltäni
deiltäni
allative
deelleni
deilleni
essive
deenäni
deinäni
translative
deekseni
deikseni
abessive
deettäni
deittäni
instructive
comitative
—deineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
deesi
deesi
accusative
nom.
deesi
deesi
gen.
deesi
genitive
deesi
deidesi deittesi
partitive
deetäsi
deitäsi
inessive
deessäsi
deissäsi
elative
deestäsi
deistäsi
illative
deehesi
deihisi
adessive
deelläsi
deilläsi
ablative
deeltäsi
deiltäsi
allative
deellesi
deillesi
essive
deenäsi
deinäsi
translative
deeksesi
deiksesi
abessive
deettäsi
deittäsi
instructive
comitative
—deinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
deemme
deemme
accusative
nom.
deemme
deemme
gen.
deemme
genitive
deemme
deidemme deittemme
partitive
deetämme
deitämme
inessive
deessämme
deissämme
elative
deestämme
deistämme
illative
deehemme
deihimme
adessive
deellämme
deillämme
ablative
deeltämme
deiltämme
allative
deellemme
deillemme
essive
deenämme
deinämme
translative
deeksemme
deiksemme
abessive
deettämme
deittämme
instructive
comitative
—deinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
deenne
deenne
accusative
nom.
deenne
deenne
gen.
deenne
genitive
deenne
deidenne deittenne
partitive
deetänne
deitänne
inessive
deessänne
deissänne
elative
deestänne
deistänne
illative
deehenne
deihinne
adessive
deellänne
deillänne
ablative
deeltänne
deiltänne
allative
deellenne
deillenne
essive
deenänne
deinänne
translative
deeksenne
deiksenne
abessive
deettänne
deittänne
instructive
comitative
—deinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
deensä
deensä
accusative
nom.
deensä
deensä
gen.
deensä
genitive
deensä
deidensä deittensä
partitive
deetään deetänsä
deitään deitänsä
inessive
deessään deessänsä
deissään deissänsä
elative
deestään deestänsä
deistään deistänsä
illative
deehensä
deihinsä
adessive
deellään deellänsä
deillään deillänsä
ablative
deeltään deeltänsä
deiltään deiltänsä
allative
deelleen deellensä
deilleen deillensä
essive
deenään deenänsä
deinään deinänsä
translative
deekseen deeksensä
deikseen deiksensä
abessive
deettään deettänsä
deittään deittänsä
instructive
comitative
—deineen deinensä :

## Gokana
### Noun

dee
* day

### References

* R. Blench, Comparative Ogonic

## Italian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛ.e/, (traditional) $^*$/ˈdɛ.e/
* Rhymes: -ɛe
* Hyphenation: dè‧e

#### Noun

dee f
* plural of dea

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* debbe (archaic)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛ.e/, /ˈde.e/
* Rhymes: -ɛe, -ee
* Hyphenation: dè‧e, dé‧e

#### Verb

dee
* (archaic, poetic or popular Tuscan) Alternative form of deve, third-person singular present indicative of dovere

### References

* 1 2 dee in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* ↑ dovere in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈde.e/, [ˈd̪eɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈde.e/, [ˈd̪ɛːe]

### Noun

dee
* vocative singular of deus

## Lombard
### Etymology

From Latin deus.

### Pronunciation

* (Western, Milanese) IPA: /deː/
* Hyphenation: dee

### Noun

dee m (feminine deja, masculine plural dee, feminine plural deje) (New Lombard Orthography)
* god, deity
    Synonym: dia

## Low German
### Verb

dee
* first-person singular past of doon

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* dy, di, dei, de, dey

### Etymology

From Old French dé, from Latin datum. Cognate with French dé.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deː/, /diː/, /dæi̯/

### Noun

dee (plural dees)
* A die or dice (cube used in games and gambling)
* A game which utilises or employs dice.
* (rare) A piece or cube of diced food.
* (rare) Something of little value.

#### Descendants

* English: die; dice
* Scots: die; dice

#### References

* “dẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-17.

## Scots
### Etymology 1

Middle English, from Old English dīġan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *dauwjan (“to die”).
Compare English die, Danish dø, Norwegian Nynorsk døy, Norwegian Bokmål dø, Icelandic deyja, Swedish dö, Faroese doyggja.

#### Verb

dee (third-person singular simple present dees, present participle deein, simple past dee'd, past participle dee'd)
* to die
** 1852-1859, Lady John Scott (lyrics and music), “Annie Laurie”, in Scottish Songs‎:Maxwelton braes are bonnie, / Where early fa's the dew, / And its there that Annie Laurie, / Gie'd me her promise true / Gie'd me her promise true, / Which ne'er forgot shall be, / And for bonnie Annie Laurie / I'd lay me doon and dee.Maxwelton hills are pretty, / Where early falls the dew, / And it's there that Annie Laurie, / Gave me her promise true / Gave me her promise true, / Which never forgot shall be, / And for pretty Annie Laurie / I'd lay myself down and die.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

dee (third-person singular simple present dees, present participle deein, simple past dee'd, past participle dee'd)
* Doric Scots form of dae (“to do”)
    Fit ye deein?What are you doing?
** 1875, William Alexander, Sketches of Life Among My Ain Folk, page 51:"A twa-horse wark, maybe? or dee ye make it oot wi' ae beast an' an owse?"(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Teop
### Verb

dee
* to carry

### References

* Ulrike Mosel, The Teop sketch grammar

## Võro
### Noun

dee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
* The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d̪eː/

### Verb

dee
* (intransitive) to arrive
    dee pe ― to arrive at
* (intransitive) to reach
* (intransitive) to be enough, sufficient
    idee yo ― it is not enough (literally, “it does not reach”)

#### Conjugation
### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Ye'kwana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [deː]

### Noun

dee
* (Cunucunuma River dialect) Alternative form of iye (“wood, tree”)

## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English deyen, from Old English *dīeġan, from Old Norse deyja, from Proto-West Germanic *dauwjan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diː/
* Homophone: die

### Verb

dee (simple past deeth)
* to die

#### Related terms

* deed

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 33

## Zyphe
### Verb

dee
* to be quiet

### References

* Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)‎