dei

Interjection

dei

1. (Singlish, Manglish) Alternative spelling of dey (“informal term of address used when trying to get someone's attention.”)

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /dei̯/, [d̪e̞i̯]

Noun

dei inan

1. call, appeal
2. call (telephone conversation)
3. announcement
4. (law) summons

Verb

dei

1. Short form of deitu (“to call”).

Further reading

• “dei”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “dei”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Etymology

From Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *téynos. Cognates include German dein, Yiddish דײַן (dayn), obsolete Dutch dijn, archaic English thine and thy, Old Norse þínn, Gothic 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (þeins).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̥ɑɛ̯/
• IPA^(key): /d̥æː/ (East Central, Vienna)

Determiner

dei

1. (possessive) thy, your (informal; to friends, relatives, children, etc.)

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Noun

dei m (plural deis, feminine déôsse)

1. a god

See also

• Dei, the monotheist God of the Bible

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdej]

Noun

dei m (plural deis)

1. dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers)

Noun

dei

1. cassowary

Further reading

• Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

Verb

dei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Noun

dei

1. plural of deo