dih

See also: đih, Dih, and DIH

Etymology 1

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Noun

dih

  1. grouse

Etymology 2

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

Adverb

dih

  1. more, better, a lot, more than anticipated or thought (with verbs of doing)
Alternative forms

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þek, whence also Old English þec, Old Norse þik.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dix/

Pronoun

dih

  1. accusative singular of du

Descendants
  • Middle High German: dich

Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *di:ʔ/c. Cognate with Khasi dih.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /diʔ/

Verb

dih

  1. to drink

South Slavey

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *dəxʸ. Cognates include Navajo dih and Dogrib dih.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tì(h)]
  • Hyphenation: dih

Noun

dih (stem -dih-)

  1. grouse
  2. chicken

Inflection
Possessive inflection of dih (-dihé)
singular plural
1st person sedihé naxedihé
2nd person nedihé
3rd person 1) — gidihé
2) medihé godihé
4th person yedihé
reflexive sp. ɂededihé kededihé
unsp. dedihé
reciprocal — ɂełedihé
indefinite ɂedihé
areal godihé
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 95
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