dene
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#DENECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#DENE dene, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#DENECategory:English terms derived from Old English#DENE dene.
Alternative forms
Noun
dene (plural denes)Category:English lemmas#DENECategory:English nouns#DENECategory:English countable nouns#DENECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DENECategory:Pages with entries#DENECategory:Pages with 9 entries#DENE
- (NorthumbriaCategory:Northumbrian English#DENE) 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)Category:English lemmas#DENECategory:English nouns#DENECategory:English countable nouns#DENECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DENECategory:Pages with entries#DENECategory:Pages with 9 entries#DENE
Anagrams
Category:en:Landforms#DENELatin
Pronunciation
Numeral
dēneCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#DENECategory:Latin numeral forms#DENECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#DENECategory:Pages with entries#DENECategory:Pages with 9 entries#DENE
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old DutchCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#DENECategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#DENE *deno.
Noun
dēne mCategory:Middle Dutch lemmas#DENECategory:Middle Dutch nouns#DENECategory:Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header#DENECategory:Middle Dutch masculine nouns#DENECategory:Pages with entries#DENECategory:Pages with 9 entries#DENE
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Category:Requests for inflections in Middle Dutch noun entries#DENECategory:Requests for inflections in Middle Dutch entries#DENEDescendants
Further reading
- “dene”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#DENECategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#DENE dene; possibly originally the same word as den (“den”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
deneCategory:Middle English lemmas#DENECategory:Middle English nouns#DENECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#DENECategory:Pages with entries#DENECategory:Pages with 9 entries#DENE
Descendants
References
- “den, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Middle English terms borrowed from Latin#DENECategory:Middle English terms derived from Latin#DENE dēni.
Pronunciation
Numeral
deneCategory:Middle English lemmas#DENECategory:Middle English numerals#DENECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#DENECategory:Pages with entries#DENECategory:Pages with 9 entries#DENE
References
- “dẹ̄ne, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Middle English entries#DENE
Noun
deneCategory:Middle English alternative forms#DENECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#DENECategory:Pages with entries#DENECategory:Pages with 9 entries#DENE
- alternative form of den (“dean”)
Etymology 4
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Middle English entries#DENE
Noun
deneCategory:Middle English lemmas#DENECategory:Middle English nouns#DENECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#DENECategory:Pages with entries#DENECategory:Pages with 9 entries#DENE
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Etymology 5
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Middle English entries#DENE
Noun
deneCategory:Middle English alternative forms#DENECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#DENECategory:Pages with entries#DENECategory:Pages with 9 entries#DENE
- (East AngliaCategory:East Anglian Middle English#DENE, West MidlandCategory:West Midland Middle English#DENE) alternative form of dyne
Verb
deneCategory:Middle English alternative forms#DENECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#DENECategory:Pages with entries#DENECategory:Pages with 9 entries#DENE
- alternative form of deynen (“to disdain”)
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#DENECategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#DENE *danją, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#DENE *dʰen- (“low ground”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dene fCategory:Old English lemmas#DENECategory:Old English nouns#DENECategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#DENECategory:Old English feminine nouns#DENECategory:Pages with entries#DENECategory:Pages with 9 entries#DENE
- 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:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dene | dene, dena |
| accusative | dene | dene, dena |
| genitive | dene | dena |
| dative | dene | denum |
Descendants
- English: dene
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd̠ʲeː.ne/Category:Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation#DENE
Verb
deneCategory:Old Irish non-lemma forms#DENECategory:Old Irish verb forms#DENECategory:Old Irish entries with incorrect language header#DENECategory:Pages with entries#DENECategory:Pages with 9 entries#DENE
- alternative spelling of déne
Mutation
South Slavey
Etymology
From Proto-AthabaskanCategory:South Slavey terms inherited from Proto-Athabaskan#DENECategory:South Slavey terms derived from Proto-Athabaskan#DENE *dəneˑ. Cognates include Navajo diné and Dogrib done.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tɛ̀.nɛ̀(ʔ)]Category:South Slavey terms with IPA pronunciation#DENE
- Hyphenation: de‧ne
Noun
dene (stem -dene-)Category:South Slavey lemmas#DENECategory:South Slavey nouns#DENECategory:South Slavey entries with incorrect language header#DENECategory:Pages with entries#DENECategory:Pages with 9 entries#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.
Derived terms
References
- Keren Rice (1989), A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 19
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.ˈne/Category:Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation#DENE
- Hyphenation: de‧ne
Etymology 1
Noun
dene (definite accusative deneyi, plural deneler)Category:Turkish lemmas#DENECategory:Turkish nouns#DENECategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#DENECategory:Pages with entries#DENECategory:Pages with 9 entries#DENE
- (regionalCategory:Regional Turkish#DENE) alternative form of tane
Etymology 2
Verb
deneCategory:Turkish non-lemma forms#DENECategory:Turkish verb forms#DENECategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#DENECategory:Pages with entries#DENECategory:Pages with 9 entries#DENE
West Makian
Etymology
From de (“I”) + ne (“this”)Category:West Makian compound terms#DENE. Compare dema.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
dene (possessive prefix tiCategory:West Makian links with redundant wikilinks#DENE)Category:West Makian lemmas#DENECategory:West Makian pronouns#DENECategory:West Makian entries with incorrect language header#DENECategory:Pages with entries#DENECategory:Pages with 9 entries#DENE
- (emphatic) first-person singular pronoun, I here
- dene musti tidadi puni ― I must become a spiritCategory:West Makian terms with usage examples#DENE
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 |
| 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.