dae

See also: dåe, DAE, da-e, -dae, dæ, and Dǽ

Translingual

Symbol

dae

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Duupa.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Duupa terms

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑː(ə)/

Noun

dae

1. plural of dag

Iu Mien

Noun

dae

1. father, dad

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• deë (Southeast Limburgish)
  • déë (Eupen)
• daeë (Voeren)
• dee (Maastrichtian)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch die (“that one”), from Old Dutch thie (“that one”), from Proto-Germanic *sa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dæː˨]
• Hyphenation: dae
• Rhymes: -æː

Pronoun

dae

1. (personal) he

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdaɛ]
• Hyphenation: da‧e

Numeral

dae

1. alternative form of daje

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983), Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 61

Pijin

Etymology

From English die. Cognate with Tok Pisin dai; compare also Bislama ded.

Verb

dae (intransitive)

1. to die (to stop living)

   Pig pig hem dae finis.

   The pig has died.

Derived terms

• dae from (“to die leaving someone behind”)

Adjective

dae (nominalised daewan)

1. dead (no longer living)

   Buluk hem dae nao.

   The cow is dead now.

2. (of debt) paid off, settled (of debt)

   Kaon blong mi long Pita hem daewan.

   The debt I had with Peter has been settled.

3. finished, over, completed

   Evri wari blong mi long saet long selen, olketa daewan nao.

   All my money problems are over.

4. (slang) done deal, easy to catch, easy to trick

   Man ia hem daewan tu isi, bae mi giginim hem.

   This guy is an easy target, I'll trick him.

Noun

dae

1. death (cessation of life)

   Mi barava sore nao long dae blong sista blong mi.

   I am really saddened by my sister's death.

Derived terms

• daedae (“in love with, dying for, infatuated with”)

Interjection

dae

1. (rare) you got me, that's it, touché

   Daewan! Iu winim mi gud.

   You got me! You beat me good.

References

• Jourdan, Christine with Maebiru, Ellen (2002), “dae”, in Pijin: A trilingual cultural dictionary (Pacific Linguistics; 526), Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 33

Rukai

Noun

dae

1. earth

Scots

Alternative forms

• dee (Doric)

Etymology

From Middle English don.

Pronunciation

• (Southern Scots, Central Scots, Ulster) IPA^(key): /deː/
• (Northern Scots) IPA^(key): /diː/
• (Insular Scots) IPA^(key): /diː/, /døː/

Verb

dae (third-person singular simple present dis, present participle daein, simple past did, past participle din)

1. to do

   Whit ye daein? ― What are you doing? (Central Scots)

   What ee daein? ― What are you doing? (South Scots)

Derived terms

• dae guid (“to do good; to do well, thrive”)

Verb

dae (third-person singular simple present dis, simple past did)

1. (Southern Scots, Doric Scots) indicates an affirmation of something

   A div sei what ee'r on aboot! (South Scots)

   I do see what you're talking about.

Usage notes

The second form of this verb also occurs in the North East of England. The first form of the verb is A dae in the first person singular whereas the second is A div.

Tamambo

Noun

dae

1. blood

Further reading

• Complex Predicates in Oceanic Languages →ISBN, Isabelle Bril, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre, 2004), citing Jauncey (1997), with the example dae-na [blood-P:3S] "his blood"
• The Oceanic Languages →ISBN, Terry Crowley, John Lynch, Malcolm Ross, (2013)