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Definitions and meaning of di

di

Translingual

Alternative forms

• (roman numeral): DI, CCCCCI, ccccci

Number

di

1. A Roman numeral representing five hundred one (501).

See also

• Previous: d (five hundred, 500)
• Next: dii (five hundred two, 502)

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Etymology

Imitative.

Interjection

di

1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.

   The chorus goes like this: "di di di di dum, da di da".

Anagrams

• -id, I'd, I-D, I.D., ID, id, id.

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Afrikaans

Article

di

1. Obsolete spelling of die

Pronoun

di

1. Obsolete spelling of die

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Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ⁿdi]

Adjective

di

1. wet

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *dīja, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyH- (compare Sanskrit ध्याति (dhyāti, “to observe, feel”)).

Verb

di (first-person singular past tense dita, participle ditur)

1. I know

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ndiej
• dituri
• dije

See also

• njoh
• dihet

Etymology 2

The 3rd person singular din. From Proto-Albanian *dine, denominative of Proto-Indo-European *dey-no- (“day”). See din for more.

Alternative forms

• dihet (medio-passive)

Verb

di (first-person singular past tense diu, participle dirë)

1. (Tosk) to dawn (daylight)

Synonyms

• gdhin

Related terms

• gdhi, gdhij, gdhin

References

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Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin dē. Compare Romanian de.

Preposition

di

1. of
2. from

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Bambara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dí]

Verb

di

1. to give

References

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

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Belizean Creole

Etymology 1

Article

di

1. the

Etymology 2

Particle

di

1. continuous tense marker; -ing

Usage notes

• It tends to immediately precede the verb that it modifies.

Derived terms

• mi-di

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Blagar

Adverb

di

1. also

References

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 160

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Bura

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dì]

Noun

dì

1. town, settlement
2. land

References

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

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Cebuano

Adverb

di

1. not

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Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• de (Sette Comuni)

Article

di

1. (Luserna) the; definite article for four declensions:
   1. nominative singular feminine
   2. accusative singular feminine
   3. nominative plural
   4. accusative plural

See also

References

• “di” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Dimasa

Noun

di

1. water

Derived terms

References

• F. Jacquesson (2008) A Dimasa Grammar‎^[1], page 46
• 1903, P. R. T. Gurdon, The Morāns

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Eastern Magar

Noun

di

1. water

References

• James Richardson Logan, Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (1970)

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Ewe

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

di

1. to search

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Fayu

Noun

di

1. water
2. river

Further reading

Duane A. Clouse, Towards a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya (1997), page 172

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin dē.

Preposition

di

1. of
2. from
3. by

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Galician

Verb

di

1. third-person singular present indicative of dicir
2. second-person singular imperative of dicir

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese de. Cognate with Kabuverdianu di.

Preposition

di

1. of
2. at
3. from

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French dire.

Verb

di

1. to say
2. to tell

Derived terms

• vle di

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian di.

Preposition

di

1. of (indicating possession)

Related terms

• de (“from, of”) (where an amount is indicated)
• da (“by”)

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Minangkabau di, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di, *i, from Proto-Austronesian *di.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Preposition

di

1. in

2. at
3. on

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Irish

Alternative forms

• dhi

Etymology

From Old Irish di.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɪ/
• (Aran also) IPA^(key): /dʲiː/
• (Cois Fharraige also) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠiː/

Pronoun

di (emphatic dise)

1. third-person singular feminine of de: from/of her, from/of it f
2. third-person singular feminine of do: to/for her, to/for it f

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin dē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^°°/di/^°
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: dì

Preposition

di

1. Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s

2. from

3. by, of, ’s

4. than

5. Used in superlative forms; in, of

6. about, on, concerning

7. Expresses composition; of, made of, in or more often omitted

8. (followed by an infinitive) to or omitted

9. Used with the definite article in partitive constructions; some

10. Used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article.

Usage notes

• When followed by the definite article, di combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:

• The i can additionally optionally be elided before vowel sounds to form d'.

Derived terms

See also

• da

References

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^**/ˈdi/^*
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: dì

Noun

di f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.; dee

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

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Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi/

Etymology

From English the.

Article

di

1. the

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Kabyle

Preposition

di

1. in

   Synonym: deg

2. during

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Kuna

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

di

1. water

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Ladin

Etymology

de +‎ i

Contraction

di

1. of the (masculine plural)

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Latin

Noun

dī m pl

1. nominative plural of deus
2. vocative plural of deus
   • 63 B.C.E., Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)

     O di immortales, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem publicam habemus? In qua urbe vivimus?.

     O ye immortal gods, where on earth are we? What is the government we have? In what city are we living?

References

• di in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• di in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Ligurian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Contraction

di

1. Contraction of de i.; of the (masculine plural)

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Malay

Etymology

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD. From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di, *i, from Proto-Austronesian *di, *i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/
• Rhymes: -di, -i

Preposition

di (Jawi spelling د‎)

1. in

2. at

3. on

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Mandarin

Romanization

di

1. Nonstandard spelling of dī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of dí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of dǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of dì.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Mansaka

Adverb

di

1. not

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch thī, from Proto-Germanic *þiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diː/, /di/

Pronoun

di

1. accusative/dative of du

Further reading

• “di”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

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Middle English

Noun

di

1. Alternative form of dee

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Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon thī, from Proto-Germanic *þiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diː/

Pronoun

dî

1. (second person singular dative) you, thee
2. (second person singular accusative) you, thee

Declension

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Moran

Noun

di

1. water

References

• 1903, P. R. T. Gurdon, The Morāns

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Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English the.

Article

di

1. the

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North Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian thī, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só.

Article

di

1. the (masculine singular)
2. the (common singular) (Sylt)

See also

• jü
• dåt
• da
• dit

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

di

1. you, thou (familiar object singular)

See also

• dü

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Northern Kurdish

Preposition

di

1. in
2. an element of several circumpositions

Related terms

• di ... de
• di ... re
• di ... ve

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þín.

Pronoun

di

1. feminine singular of din

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

di

1. imperative of die

References

• “di” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse því, þí, the neuter singular dative of the determiner sá, from Proto-Germanic *sa. Akin to the English comparative correlative the, derived from Old English þȳ. Other cognates include Norwegian Bokmål ti. Other determiners and pronouns also derive from there, such as den, det, dei, and dess.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diː/ (example of pronunciation)

Adverb

di

1. Used as a comparative correlative.

   Synonym: dess

   1. the; With multiple comparatives (or meir (“more”) with verb phrases), establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

      Synonym: jo

   2. With a single adverbial meir (“more”) or comparative, establishes an often inverse correlation with a preceding comparative or stated degree.

2. (literary, poetic) because

Conjunction

di

1. (literary) because
2. Used especially in more common compound adverbs and conjunctions.

Derived terms

• av di
• difor
• etter di
• fordi, for di
• med di

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þín, feminine singular nominative of þinn (“your, yours”). See main entry for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diː/ (example of pronunciation)

Determiner

di

1. feminine singular of din (“your”)

Pronoun

di

1. feminine singular of din (“yours”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation spelling and/or eye dialect of various pronouns and determiners. See the etymology of the respective main entries.

Pronoun

di

1. Eye dialect spelling of de.
2. Eye dialect spelling of dei.

Determiner

di

1. Eye dialect spelling of dei.

See also

References

• “di” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ID, id

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin diēs.

Noun

di m (oblique plural dis, nominative singular dis, nominative plural di)

1. day (period of 24 hours)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (di)

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Old Frisian

Noun

dī m

1. Alternative form of dei

Inflection

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• de

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *dī, from Proto-Indo-European *de; cognate with Latin dē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲi/

Preposition

di (with dative)

1. of, from

For quotations using this term, see Citations:di.

Inflection

Combinations with a definite article:

• din(d), dint; den, don, dun sg
• dinaib, donaib pl

Combinations with a possessive determiner:

• dim (“from my”)
• dit (“from your sg”)
• dia, dua (“from his/her/its/their”)

Combinations with a relative pronoun:

• dia (“from which; when, if”)

Related terms

• dí- (prefix)

Descendants

• Irish: de
• Manx: jeh
• Scottish Gaelic: de

Etymology 2

Pronoun

di

1. Alternative spelling of dí: to/from her

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 de, di”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003)D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, §§ 435, 831, pages 274, 504–6

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Old Prussian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

di

1. it, the third person [singular] neuter pronoun

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese de and Spanish de and Kabuverdianu di.

Conjunction

di

1. of, of the
2. from, from the

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• gi (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
• de (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin diēs.

Noun

di m (plural dis)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) day

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Sardinian

Alternative forms

• die

Etymology

From Latin diēs, compare Spanish día; from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“heaven, sky; to shine”).

Noun

dí

1. (Campidanese) day

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲi/

Pronoun

di

1. Alternative form of dhi

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From earlier gdi.

Adverb

di (Cyrillic spelling ди)

1. (Chakavian, Ikavian, chiefly Croatia, colloquial) where (interrogative)

2. (Chakavian, Ikavian, chiefly Croatia, proscribed, colloquial) whither, where, whereto

Pronoun

di (Cyrillic spelling ди)

1. (Chakavian, Ikavian, chiefly Croatia) where

Usage notes

• Originally of Chakavian-Ikavian origin, the word is today colloquially used throughout Croatia and other countries to a lesser extent.

Synonyms

• gdje (Standard)

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Singpho

Noun

di

1. egg

References

• Stephen Morey, The Singpho Agentive – Functions and Meanings (2012), p. 13

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Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Ikavian Serbo-Croatian gdi, di; compare standard Ijekavian gdje, Ekavian gde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Adverb

di

1. (interrogative) where

Pronoun

di

1. where
   • 2010, Natalina Spadanuda, “Le renard et le loup”:

References

• Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi/, [ˈd̪i]
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

See dar.

Verb

di

1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of dar.

Etymology 2

See decir.

Verb

di

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of decir.

2. Obsolete spelling of dice

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Sumerian

Romanization

di

1. Romanization of 𒁲 (di)

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Swedish

Etymology

From dia (“to suckle”), from Proto-Germanic *dijōną (“to suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”). Related to dägga (däggdjur).

Noun

di c

1. suck, suckle; milk from the mother (human or animal) directly to the offspring

Declension

Related terms

• dia
• dägga
• däggdjur

Derived terms

• dibarn

Pronoun

di

1. Pronunciation spelling of de, representing Finland Swedish.
   • 1895, Gustaf Fröding, Tre käringer i en backe

     Dä satt tre käringer i en backe, å di va vinne å di va skacke,

     Three old women were sitting in a slope, and they were wry and they were crooked,

2. (dialectal, obsolete) your, yours; feminine singular of din
   • 1886, Fredrik August Dahlgren, Frierfâla

     Ho får sej nåck en hârr-khär, hva länge dä lir, Men se dä ska ja’ sij’ dej att allri di ho blir.

     She will surely get herself a gentleman before long, But I will say to you, that yours she'll never be.

Alternative forms

• (they) de, dom (colloquial)
• (your) din

Anagrams

• id

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiʔ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛʔ/

Adverb

dî

1. Alternative form of 'di

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Tat

Etymology

From Middle Persian ‎𐭬𐭲𐭠‎ (deh, “country, land, village”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎢 (dahạyau), from Proto-Iranian *dahyu- (“country, district, province”).

Noun

di

1. village

Derived terms

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Teribe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Noun

di

1. water
2. river

Synonyms

• diwa

References

• Juan Diego Quesada, A Grammar of Teribe (2000)

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Trumai

Noun

di

1. water
2. mirror

References

• Raquel Guirardello, A reference grammar of Trumai (1999)

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Volapük

Preposition

di

1. of

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diː/
• Homophones: du, dŷ (South Wales)

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• ti

Pronoun

di

1. Soft mutation of ti.
2. you (singular); thou

Usage notes

The form di is used after verb forms ending with a vowel (namely the simple future tense), while ti is used after other verb forms which end in -t. Di is also the form used as an emphatic pronoun after dy (“your”) in possessive and infinitive contexts.

Mutation

Etymology 2

Noun

di f (plural diau)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.

Mutation

This word cannot be mutated.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i/i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u/u bedol, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd ^{(Category: cy:Latin letter names)}

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Yoruba

Pronunciation

• (high-tone): IPA^(key): /dí/
• (mid-tone): IPA^(key): /dī/
• (low-tone): IPA^(key): /dì/

Etymology 1

Noun

dí

1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

Etymology 2

Verb

dí

1. (intransitive) to become opaque
2. (transitive) to occlude, to obstruct
3. (transitive) to block, to clog, to plug

Derived terms

• dídí

Etymology 3

Verb

di

1. (transitive) to change to something else
2. (transitive) Alternative form of da (to become)

Derived terms

• (to become): ọládiméjì

Etymology 4

Verb

di

1. (transitive) to bind, to fasten, to tie up
2. (transitive) to pack, to bundle

Etymology 5

Verb

di

1. (transitive) to defeat, to conquer, to vanquish

Etymology 6

Verb

dì

1. (intransitive) to coagulate, to solidify

Derived terms

• adì

Etymology 7

Verb

dì

1. (intransitive) to win a game

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Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian دو‎ (do).

Numeral

di

1. two

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Zhuang

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ti˨˦/

• Tone numbers: di¹
• Hyphenation: di

Etymology

Compare Cantonese 啲 (di1, “a few; a bit”).

Classifier

di (Sawndip form 的, old orthography di)

1. a bit of; a little; some

Adverb

di (Sawndip form 的, old orthography di)

1. a little more

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Zia

Etymology

From Proto-Trans-New Guinea *titi.

Noun

di

1. tooth

Source: wiktionary.org

• DEUS, god.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)