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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)

English

Etymology

imitative.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dē
• (Received Pronunciation, Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /diː/

  Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /di/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ɖiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: di

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".

Derived terms

• bromodifluoromethane
• chlorodimethylphosphine
• difluorodioxophosphate
• difluorodithiophosphate
• diphosphooligosaccharide

See also

• di lo
• di loh
• di lok
• voce di petto
• voce di testa

Anagrams

• Id, I'd, id., I-D, id, I.D., -id, ID

Aekyom

Noun

di

1. firewood
2. fire

References

• Andrew Pawley et al., "The Trans New Guinea family", in The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide (2018, →ISBN)

Afrikaans

Article

di

1. obsolete spelling of die

Pronoun

di

1. obsolete spelling of die

Aimele

Noun

di

1. fire

Further reading

• R. D. Shaw, 1986, The Bosavi language family, In Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 24, 45-76. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. (Papers in New Guinea linguistics No. 24, 45-76), page 51

Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ⁿdi]

Adjective

di

1. wet

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1935), Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: 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.

Akan

Adoe no redi kwadu. ― The monkey is eating a banana.

Alternative forms

• dzi (Fante)

Verb

di (negative nni, intransitive past diiɛ, transitive past dii, reduplication didi) (Twi)

1. to eat
2. to squander

   Synonym: sɛe

3. (vulgar) to fuck
4. A highly productive light verb that derives verbs from nouns and adjectives.

Usage notes

The reduplicated form is used intransitively.

Derived terms

• di adanseɛ
• di afra
• di agorɔ (“to play (a game)”)
• di ahyia
• di akɔneaba (“to commute”)
• di anim
• di apiripiragorɔ
• di dwuma (“to operate”)
• di dɛm (“to maim”)
• di ho fɛw (“to tease”)
• di kan
• di mpaborɔ
• di nkoguo (“to succumb”)
• di nsekuro (“to tattle”)
• di so (“to subjugate”)
• di so nkonim

References

• LearnAkan (2018–present), “eat”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)
• LearnAkan (2018–present), “fuck”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)
• LearnAkan (2018–present), “squander”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *dī̆ya (as well as in Pre-Proto-Albanian), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰ(e)yHe/o- (“to consider, think”) or Proto-Indo-European *diHyé/ó- (“to consider, think”).

Verb

di (aorist dita, participle ditur)

1. to know

   Nuk e di.

   I don't know.

   Do të doja të dija më shumë rreth teje.

   I'd like to know more about you.

Conjugation

Standard Albanian conjugation of di (active voice)

• Show compound tenses:  

		participle		ditur
		gerund		duke ditur
		infinitive		për të ditur
singular			plural
1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.	1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.
indicative	present	di	di	di	dimë	dini	dinë
	imperfect	dija	dije	dinte	dinim	dinit	dinin
	aorist	dita	dite	diti	ditëm	ditët	ditën
perfect	kam ditur	ke ditur	ka ditur	kemi ditur	keni ditur	kanë ditur
past perfect	kisha ditur	kishe ditur	kishte ditur	kishim ditur	kishit ditur	kishin ditur
aorist II	pata ditur	pate ditur	pati ditur	patëm ditur	patët ditur	patën ditur
future1	do të di	do të dish	do të dijë	do të dimë	do të dini	do të dinë
future perfect2	do të kem ditur	do të kesh ditur	do të ketë ditur	do të kemi ditur	do të keni ditur	do të kenë ditur
subjunctive	present	të di	të dish	të dijë	të dimë	të dini	të dinë
imperfect	të dija	të dije	të dinte	të dinim	të dinit	të dinin
perfect	të kem ditur	të kesh ditur	të ketë ditur	të kemi ditur	të keni ditur	të kenë ditur
past perfect	të kisha ditur	të kishe ditur	të kishte ditur	të kishim ditur	të kishit ditur	të kishin ditur
conditional1, 2	imperfect	do të dija	do të dije	do të dinte	do të dinim	do të dinit	do të dinin
	past perfect	do të kisha ditur	do të kishe ditur	do të kishte ditur	do të kishim ditur	do të kishit ditur	do të kishin ditur
optative	present	ditsha	ditsh	dittë	ditshim	ditshi	ditshin
perfect	paça ditur	paç ditur	pastë ditur	paçim ditur	paçit ditur	paçin ditur
admirative	present	ditkam	ditke	ditka	ditkemi	ditkeni	ditkan
	imperfect	ditkësha	ditkëshe	ditkësh	ditkëshim	ditkëshit	ditkëshin
perfect	paskam ditur	paske ditur	paska ditur	paskemi ditur	paskeni ditur	paskan ditur
past perfect	paskësha ditur	paskëshe ditur	paskësh ditur	paskëshim ditur	paskëshit ditur	paskëshin ditur
imperative	present	—	di	—	—	dini	—
1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect

Derived terms

• dije
• dijetar
• dijës
• dijësi
• ditshëm
• ditshmëri
• ditur
• dituri
• ndiej

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 (aorist diu, participle dirë)

1. (Tosk) to dawn (daylight)

Synonyms

• gdhin

Related terms

• gdhi, gdhij, gdhin

Further reading

• “di”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin dē. Compare Romanian de.

Preposition

di

1. of
2. from

Bambara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dí]

Verb

di

1. to give

References

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

Bavarian

Etymology

Cognate with German dich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̥i(ː)/, (stressed) [d̥iː], (unstressed) [d̥ɪ], [d̥e]
• Rhymes: -iː

Pronoun

di

1. you (accusative, singular)

See also

Bavarian personal pronouns

		nominative		accusative		dative
		stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
1st person singular		i	—	mi	—	mia (mir)	ma
2nd person singular	informal	du	—	di	—	dia (dir)	da
	formal	Sie	—	Eahna	—	Eahna	—
3rd person singular	m	er	a	eahm	'n	eahm	'n
	n	es, des	's	des	's
	f	se, de	's	se	's	ihr	—
1st person plural		mia (mir)	ma	uns	—	uns	—
2nd person plural		eß, ihr	—	enk, eich	—	enk, eich	—
3rd person plural		se	's	eahna	—	eahna	—

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

Blagar

Adverb

di

1. also

References

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

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.

Cameroon Pidgin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Verb

di

1. (auxiliary) imperfective or progressive aspect marker

Catalan

Verb

di

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Cebuano

Adverb

di

1. not

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• dei, dein (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German dīn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diː/, /di/
• Homophone: die

Determiner

di (masculine denge or dinge, feminine and plural deng or ding)

1. (Ripuarian) your, thy (second-person singular possessive)

   Wo häs de dann di Jlas henjestallt?

   Where did you put your glass?

Usage notes

• The form deng/ding is used for the neuter when strongly stressed: Dat es ding Jlas! (“That's your glass!”) Contrariwise, the form di may be used for the masculine and feminine when unstressed, chiefly with words for relatives: di Papp (“your father”, but less common than denge Papp).

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

Cimbrian definite articles

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dar	de / di	's / z	de / di
accusative	in	de / di	's / z	de / di
dative	me	dar	me	in

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dimasa

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *tɯi¹ (“water”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-turʔ (“water; fluid; liquid; river; to soak; to spit”).

Noun

di

1. water

Derived terms

• dibu
• dijung
• dikong

References

• F. Jacquesson (2008), A Dimasa Grammar‎^[2], page 46
• P. R. T. Gurdon (1903), The Morāns (in Dimasa)

Eastern Magar

Noun

di

1. water

References

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

Ewe

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *dĩ́. Cognates include Fon dĩ́, Gun dín, Saxwe Gbe dĩ́ and Aja (West Africa) jí.

Verb

dí

1. to search, to seek, to look for
2. (by extension) to desire, to wish, to want

References

• Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “di”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 45

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

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin dē.

Preposition

di

1. of
2. from
3. by

Galician

Verb

di

1. inflection of dicir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of dizer:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Guianese Creole

Etymology

From French dire.

Verb

di

1. to say

References

• Barthelemi, Georges (1995), Dictionnaire Pratique Créole Guyanais - Français [Practical Guianese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Cayenne: Ibis Rouge Éditions, →ISBN, page 75

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese de. Cognate with Kabuverdianu di.

Preposition

di

1. of
2. at
3. from

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From Saint Dominican Creole French dir, from French dire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Verb

di

1. to say
2. to tell

Derived terms

• vle di

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[3], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 51

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian di.

Preposition

di

1. of (indicating possession)

   La domo di mea matro

   The house of my mother

Related terms

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay di, from Proto-Malayic *di, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *i, from Proto-Austronesian *i. Doublet of -i.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /di/ [di]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: di

Preposition

di

1. on
   1. positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above

      Gelasnya di meja.

      The glass is on the table

   2. positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to

      Ada luka besar di punggungnya.

      There is a big wound on his back.

   3. at or in (a certain region or location)
   4. near; adjacent to; alongside; just off
   5. (with certain modes of transport, especially public transport) inside (a vehicle) for the purpose of travelling

      Kami makan cukup banyak saat di kereta.

      We ate quite a lot while on the train

   6. at the date of
2. in
   1. contained by

      Ada sedikit sisa air di botolku.

      There is a little water left in my bottle.

   2. within the bounds or limits of

      Ada banyak pohon di taman itu.

      There are many trees in the park.

   3. surrounded by; among; amidst

      Kita ada di kemah musuh.

      We are in the enemy's camp.

   5. during (a period of time)

      Ulang tahunku di bulan Januari.

      My birthday is in January.

3. at
   1. (indicating time) indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.
   2. holding a given speed or rate
   3. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) on the subject of; regarding
4. (dialect) to (in the direction of, so as to arrive at)
5. (dialect, especially in Central Sumatra) about; of (used as a function word to indicate what is dealt with as the object of thought, feeling, or action)
6. (dialect, especially in Central Sumatra) from

Derived terms

Compound terms

• di mana
• di samping itu
• di sana
• di sini
• di sisi lain

Further reading

• “di”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

Alternative forms

• dhi, dithe

Etymology

From Old Irish dí.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲi/
• (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

Italian

Alternative forms

• d' (apocopic)
• de (before quoted text that starts with a define article)
• de (dialectal; Marche, Milan, Rome, Venice)

Etymology 1

From Latin dē. Cognate with English to. For preposition sense 11, compare French delà, deçà and deci delà.

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

di

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

   L’ira di Apollo ― Apollo’s wrath (literally, “The wrath of Apollo”)

   la coda del cane ― the dog’s tail

   Canto dello sciatore ― Song of the skier

   Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti dell’Uomo

   Universal declaration of the Rights of the Man

   Simbolo degli Apostoli ― Apostles' Creed

   Manifesto della cucina futurista ― Manifesto of the futurist kitchen

   Dei delitti e delle pene

   Of crimes and punishments

   (literally, “Of the crimes and of the punishments”)

2. from

   Lei è di Monreale in Sicilia, ma adesso vive a Roma

   She's from Monreale in Sicily, but she now lives in Rome

3. by, of, ’s

   La mia canzone preferita degli U2? 'One' !

   My favorite song by U2? 'One'!

   La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri

   The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

4. than

   Jack è più alto di sua moglie, Joan.

   Jack is taller than his wife, Joan.

   Biden ha detto che l'economia USA è in condizioni peggiori di quanto pensasse

   Biden says US economy is in worse shape than he thought.

5. used in superlative forms; in, of

   Pont Neuf è il più antico ponte di Parigi

   Pont Neuf is the oldest bridge in Paris.

6. about, on, concerning

   Euclide scrisse diversi libri di matematica.

   Euclid wrote many books on mathematics.

   Parliamo di sentimenti. ― Let's talk about feelings.

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

   Sei Nazioni: la Scozia gioca con l'Italia in un incontro decisivo per il cucchiaio di legno.

   Six Nations: Scotland meet Italy today in a wooden-spoon decider.

   Ho comprato una collana d'oro bianco.

   I bought a white gold necklace.

8. (followed by an infinitive) to or omitted

   Lei ha detto di non preoccuparsi.

   She said not to worry.

   Che devo fare se penso di avere un virus nel mio computer?

   What should I do if I believe I have a virus on my computer?

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

   Vuoi dell'acqua? ― Would you like some water?

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

    penso di sì ― I think so

    niente di meglio ― nothing better

    Che c’è di nuovo? ― What's new?

12. (idiomatic) used alongside spatial adverbs qua / qui or là / lì, also with preceding per

    per di qua / là ― through here / there

Usage notes

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

di + article	Combined form
di + il	del
di + lo	dello
di + l'	dell'
di + i	dei
di + gli	degli
di + la	della
di + le	delle

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

Derived terms

• d'accordo
• d'andata
• d'epoca
• d'improvviso
• d'oro
• del caso
• del cazzo
• del cuore
• del genere
• del tutto
• di andata
• di base
• di brutto
• di buongrado
• di buonora
• di certo
• di colore
• di colpo
• di conseguenza
• di continuo
• di fortuna
• di frequente
• di mezzo
• di nascosto
• di norma
• di notte
• di nuovo
• di persona
• di preferenza
• di punto in bianco
• di rado
• di recente
• di ruolo
• di sbieco
• di seguito
• di serie
• di sghembo
• di sicuro
• di solito
• di soppiatto
• di sopra
• di soprassalto
• di sottecchi
• di tanto in tanto
• di traverso
• penso di sì

See also

• da

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/d.; dee

See also

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

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• de

Etymology

Derived from English the.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi/

Article

di

1. the

   Is a riddim mi love from birth. Di harmonies, di lyrics; everything perfect. ― It's a rhythm I've always loved. The harmony, the lyrics ... everything's perfect.

Further reading

• di at majstro.com

Japanese

Romanization

di

1. The katakana syllable ディ (di) in Hepburn romanization.

Kabyle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Preposition

di

1. alternative form of deg

Krio

Etymology

From English the.

Article

dì

1. the

Kuna

Etymology

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

Noun

di

1. water

Ladin

Etymology

de +‎ i

Contraction

di

1. of the (masculine plural)

Latin

Noun

dī m pl

1. nominative/vocative plural of deus
   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations‎^[4]:

     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

Ligurian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Contraction

di

1. contraction of de +‎ i; of the (masculine plural)

Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

Inherited from French dire (“to say, to tell”).

Verb

di (invariable)

1. to say, to tell

Etymology 2

Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers

<  9	10	11  >
Cardinal : di

Inherited from French dix (“ten”).

Numeral

di

1. ten

Usage notes

• Precedes consonant-initial words. See usage notes at dis.

Lower Tanana

Etymology

From a merger of the d-qualifier and the root ni (“to say, deem”). Compare Navajo ní, in which the qualifier remains unfused.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti/

Stem

di

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Durative d-effect	ni (say)

Verb

di

1. he/she says

Usage notes

Forms of this verb are used with be'eɬ (“with him/her/it”) to refer to speaking to a third-person singular object: be'eɬ desni 'I say to her,' be'eɬ dini 'you say to her,' and so on. For a third-person singular subject speaking to someone, yeɬni is used instead.

Conjugation

Inflection of di

imperfective	Singular	Plural
1st person	desni	tr'edi
2nd person	dini	wxni
3rd person	di	xedi

Inflection of di

perfective	Singular	Plural
1st person	dghesni'	tr'edghini
2nd person	dghinni'	duxni'
3rd person	dghini'	xedghini'

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 315

Macanese

Alternative forms

• d' (optionally, before certain words starting with a vowel)

Etymology

From Portuguese de, from Old Galician-Portuguese de (“of”), from Latin dē (“of”).

Preposition

di

1. of (indicates the semantic relation between two elements: such as possession, origin, place)

   guínde di águ ― jug of water

   Ui di bôm! ― Very good!

   Êle pôssa di grándi! ― He is very big!

   Êle bem di capaz! ― He is really clever!

Usage notes

• Note that the usage of di is more flexible compared to Portuguese de, and may be followed not necessarily by nouns.

Derived terms

• di-frónt (“in front, ahead”)
• ui-di (“very”)

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/ [di]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -di, -i
• Hyphenation: di

Etymology 1

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

Preposition

di (Jawi spelling before consonant-initial words د, Jawi spelling before vowel-initial words دأ)

1. Used to indicate location or direction; in, at, on.

   Synonym: dekat (informal)

   di Kuala Lumpur ― in Kuala Lumpur

   di sekolah ― at school

   di atas jalan ― on top of the road

Usage notes

• This preposition is usually only used with physical locations or directions.
• With time or time-related concepts (e.g. age, era, period) such as to say "at 7 o'clock", it is the preposition pada instead that is used so that the aforementioned phrase's Malay equivalent would be "pada pukul 7", not *"di pukul 7".

Etymology 2

From English dee.

Noun

di (plural di-di or di²)

1. The name of the Latin script letter D/d.

Synonyms

• dè (Indonesian)
• dal (Jawi letter name)

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) huruf; e, bi, si, di, i, ef, ji, hec, ai, je, ke, el, em, en, o, pi, kiu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dabel yu, eks, way, zed

Further reading

• "di" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "di" at PRPM first version)

Mandarin

Romanization

di (di⁵ / di⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄉㄧ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 得

di

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

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mansaka

Adverb

di

1. not

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

Middle English

Noun

di

1. alternative form of dee

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

Middle Low German personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik (ek)	mî (mê, mik, mek)		mîn (mîner)
	2nd person		dû	dî (dê, dik, dek)		dîn (dîner)
	3rd person	m	hê (hî, hie)	ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn)	ēme, em (ȫme, en)	sîn (sîner)
		n	it (et)
		f	sê (sî, sie, sü̂)		ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer)
plural	1st person		wî (wê, wie)	uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik)		unser (ûser)
	2nd person		gî (jê, î)	jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik)		jûwer (ûwer)
	3rd person		sê (sî, sie)		em, öm, jüm (en, ēnen, ȫnen)	ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer)

For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here.

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *dii.

Noun

di

1. thatching material

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “di”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Moran

Noun

di

1. water

References

• P. R. T. Gurdon (1903), The Morāns (in Moran)

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tó-

Proto-Germanic *þa

Proto-West Germanic *þa

Old English þē

Middle English þe

English the

Nigerian Pidgin di

Inherited from English the.

Article

di

1. the
   • 2024 March 17, Selin Girit and Grujica Andric, “Wetin go happun to your social media accounts wen you die”, in BBC News Pidgin‎^[5], archived from the original on 29 August 2024:

     "Accounts go dey live till family member tell di social media app say di pesin don kpeme."

     "Accounts remain active until a family member informs the social media app that the person has died."

Further reading

• “di” in Naija Guru, 2026.

North Frisian

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

di (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt)

1. Object case of dü: you, thee; yourself, thyself

Alternative forms

• de (Mooring)
• deät (Heligoland)

See also

Personal and possessive pronouns (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

			personal					possessive
			subject case		object case			masculine referent	feminine / neuter referent	plural referent
			full	reduced	full	reduced				attributive	independent
singular	1st		ik	'k	mi			man	min		minen
	2nd		dü	–	di			dan	din		dinen
	3rd	m	hi	'r	ham	'n		san	sin		sinen
		f or n	hat	at, 't		at, 't
plural	1st		wi	'f	üs			üüs			üüsen
								üsens
	2nd		jam	'm	jam			jau			jauen
								jamens
	3rd		jo	's	jo	's		hör			hören
								hörens

• The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
• At is not enclitic; it can stand in any unstressed position and refers mostly to things. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
• Dual forms wat / onk and jat / jonk are obsolete, as is feminine jü / hör.
• Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.
• The forms üsens, jamens, hörens are used optionally (and decreasingly) when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation.

Personal and possessive pronouns (Sylt dialect)

			personal					possessive
			subject case		object case			singular referent	plural referent
			full	reduced	full	reduced			attributive	independent
singular	1st		ik	'k	mi			min		minen
	2nd		dü	–	di			din		dinen
	3rd	m	hi	'r	höm	'n		sin		sinen
		f	jü	's	höör	's		höör		höören
		n	hat	et, 't	höm	et, 't		sin		sinen
dual	1st		wat		unk		unk		unken
	2nd		at		junk		junk		junken
	3rd		jat		jam	's	jaar		jaaren
plural	1st		wü		üüs		üüs		üüsen
	2nd		i		juu		juu		juuen
	3rd		ja	's	jam	's	jaar		jaaren

• The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
• Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
• The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects.
• Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.

Etymology 2

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

Article

di

1. (Mooring, Sylt) the (masculine singular, full form)

   Coordinate term: (reduced form, Mooring) e

2. (Sylt) the (feminine singular)
3. (Sylt) the (plural)

Alternative forms

• (masculine): de (Föhr-Amrum)
• (feminine): det (Föhr-Amrum), jü (Mooring)
• (plural): dön (Föhr-Amrum), da (Mooring)

See also

Articles (Mooring dialect)

		singular			plural
		m	f	n
definite / demonstrative	full	di	jü	dåt	da
	reduced	e		et	e
indefinite / numeral	full	ån	iinj		—
	reduced	en
negative		nån	niinj

The reduced neuter article et may contract with most prepositions.
Such contractions are spelt as single words, e.g. önjt (“in the”).

Articles (Sylt dialect)

		singular		plural
		m / f	n
definite / demonstrative	full	di	dit	di
	reduced	—
indefinite / numeral	full	jen		—
	reduced	en
negative		niin

Spoken Sylt Frisian has a strong tendency to generalize di and thereby abolish grammatical gender. However, dit is usually maintained with nominalized adjectives and infinitives.
Total reduction of the definite article is very common after prepositions, otherwise exceptional.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Akin to Central Kurdish دە (de), Zazaki de, Persian در. For the second sense compare Zazaki -en (used for the present tense but after the stem) which is a cognate of Northern Kurdish li and English in, probably initially used for present continuous much like Persian می.

Preposition

di

1. in
2. Used to mark present tense put before the stem of the verb.

   -bêj- > di bêjim - I say (=I am in saying)

   -k- > di ke - does (=is in doing)

   -ê-, -hê- > t'ê, di hê - comes (=is in coming)

Usage notes

• In a lot of positions, bi and di may not be read unlike ji and li. When the noun comes after the verb with these prepositions, it becomes an -e instead (eg. xiste navê , "put inside"; not *xist di navê). Coming after nouns, they become -î (eg. mayî min kir, "interfered with me"; mostly not *may di min kir).
• Unlike ji and li, which lose the schwa before any vowel; bi and di lose it only before long vowels (ie. a, ê, î). di becomes t' in those positions.
• In the second sense mostly separated from the prepositional use in modern Kurdish script but it is essentially no different from it. Seems to be originally written separately since Ehmedê Xanî.

Related terms

• di ... de
• di ... re
• di ... ve

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þín.

Pronoun

di

1. feminine singular of din

See also

Norwegian Bokmål personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	min	mi	mitt	mine
	Second	general	du	deg	din	di	ditt	dine
		formal (rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham / han	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	henne	hennes
		masculine (noun)	den		dens
		feminine (noun)
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	seg	sin	si	sitt	sine
Plural	First	–	vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	general	dere		deres
		formal (very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	seg	sin	si	sitt	sine

Etymology 2

Verb

di

1. imperative of die

References

• “di” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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/

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

      Di sterkare, di betre

      The stronger the better

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

      Han sa lite, men tenkte di meir

      He said little, but thought more (than he didn't speak)

2. (literary, poetic) because

Conjunction

di

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

Pronoun

di

1. (dialectal) dative singular of det

   Gje di (dyret) litt mat.

   Give it (the animal) some food.

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diː/

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

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns

		first person	second person	reflexive	third person
					masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	nominative	eg, je1	du	—	han	ho	det, dat2
	accusative	meg	deg	seg	han, honom	ho, henne	det, dat2
	dative2	meg	deg	seg	honom	henne	di2
	genitive	min	din	sin	hans	hennar, hennes1	dess3
plural	nominative	me, vi	de, dokker	—	dei
	accusative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg	dei, deim2
	dative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg	deim2
	genitive	vår, okkar	dykkar, dokkar	sin	deira, deires1

¹Obsolete. ²Landsmål. ³Rare or literary. Italic forms unofficial today.

References

• “di” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ID, id

Old French

Alternative forms

• die

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws, from *dyew- + *-s.

Noun

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

1. day (24-hour period)

Derived terms

• midi
• puiscedi
• tuzdis

Descendants

• Picard: di
• ⇒ French: midi, toudis, jadis

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “di”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
• “di”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.

Old Frisian

Noun

dī m

1. alternative form of dei

Inflection

Declension of dī (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	dī	degar, dega
accusative	dī	degar, dega
genitive	dīs	dega
dative	dī	degum, degem

Old Irish

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̠ʲi/

Preposition

di [with dative]

1. of, from

For quotations using this term, see Citations:di.

Inflection

Inflection of di

	Person:		normal	emphatic
singular	first		dí(i)m	dí(i)msa
	second		dít
	third m or n	dative	de, dé	desom
		accusative
	third f	dative	dí
		accusative
plural	first		dín(n)	dínni
	second		díb	díbsi
	third	dative	diib, dí(i)b	diibsom, díbsem
		accusative

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 de, di”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, §§ 435, 831, pages 274, 504–6; reprinted 2017

Etymology 2

Pronoun

di

1. alternative spelling of dí: to/from her

Numeral

di

1. alternative spelling of dí: feminine nominative/accusative of dá

Old Prussian

Etymology

From earlier Prussian enclitic *-di, from dialectal Baltic *-di, probably from Proto-Indo-European enclitic *-di („he”, „she”). Cognate with Avestan dim („him, her”).

Pronoun

di n (third-person only, plural dīs or dī, accusative singular din, accusative plural dins)

1. (anaphoric) he, she, it, self
   • (Can we date this quote?), III katekizmas:

     [p. 89, l. 8] turri ¶ ti dins ſte mijls ſtēiſon dīlas paggan
     [p. 93, l. 14] kai Sara Abraham po ¶ klūſmai bhe / bebillē din Rikijs

     [p. 89, l. 8] And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work.
     [p. 93, l. 14] As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord.

2. (indefinite, indeclinable, also spelt dei) (it)self, one (indefinite pronoun denoting unspecified subject)

Usage notes

• Appeared either as a suffix or standalone, the latter being usually stressed.
• Besides the enclitic function, it also served as an impersonal pronoun, similarly to German man.
• The suffix form merged with prepositions, creating new ones with function analogical to English thereby (there + by), herein (here + in), etc. Such forms still underwent declension.

Declension

Mažiulis named some of the attested forms of the declinable variant.

Declension of di

	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	dis	dīs	dis	dīs	di	dī
genitive	?	?	?	?	di	dī
dative	?	?	?	?	di	dī
accusative	din	dins	din	dins	di	dī

Derived terms

• kāidi
• prēidin
• pērdin
• turedi
• wīrsti

Old Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ðɨ, from Proto-Celtic *dū (“to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðə/
  • This was the pronunciation when used prepositionally. When conjugated, the stem was pronounced /ði-/.

Preposition

di (triggers soft mutation)

1. to
2. for

Inflection

• 3rd-person singular masculine: didu

Descendants

• Middle Welsh: y
  • Welsh: i

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese de and Spanish de and Kabuverdianu di.

Preposition

di

1. of, of the
2. from, from the
3. marks ordinal numbers

   di sinku ― fifth

Romansh

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin diēs.

Noun

di m (plural dis)

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

Sardinian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Preposition

di

1. (Campidanese) alternative form of de

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sassarese

Alternative forms

• d' (apocopic, used before vowel sounds)

Etymology

From Latin dē, from Proto-Italic *dē, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *de.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Preposition

di

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

   Lu cani di Pàuru ― Paul's dog

   Edda è un'amigga di mamma ― She's a friend of mother's

2. Used to indicate origin; from

   Eu soggu di Sàssari ― I'm from Sassari

3. Used in comparisons; than

   La poltrona è più còmuda di la caddrea ― The armchair is more comfortable than the chair

4. Used to indicate authorship; by, of, 's

   Canne al vento è un libru di Gràzia Deledda ― Canne al vento is a book by Grazia Deledda

5. about, on, concerning

   E eddi cosa ni pènsani di te? ― What do they think about you?

6. Used in superlative forms; in, of

   Edda è la più bedda di tutti ― She's the most beautiful (of all)

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

   Un'ampulla di veddru ― A glass bottle (literally, “A bottle of glass”)

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲi/, /tʲiː/

Pronoun

di

1. alternative form of dhi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From earlier gdi.

Adverb

di (Cyrillic spelling ди)

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

   Di si ti cili božji dan? ― Where on earth have you been the whole day?

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

   Di si išao jučer? ― Where did you go yesterday?

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)

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• ri (rhoticized)
• ji (ioticized)
• 'i (lenited)

Etymology 1

From Latin dē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/, [di], [ɾi], [i]
• IPA^(key): [dɪ], [ɾɪ], [ɪ] (unstressed)
• Rhymes: -i, -ɪ
• Hyphenation: di

Preposition

di

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

   A raggia di Apollu ― Apollo’s wrath (literally, “The wrath of Apollo”)

   a cuda dû cani ― the dog’s tail

   Dichiarazziuni Univirsali dî Diritti di l’Omu

   Universal declaration of the Rights of [the] Man

   Sìmmulu di l'Apòstuli ― Signs of the Apostles

   Manifestu dâ cucina futurista ― Manifesto of the futurist kitchen

   Di li dilitta e di li peni

   Of [the] crimes and [of the] punishments

2. from

   Iḍḍa è di Murriali, 'n Sicilia, ma ora campa a Ruma

   She's from Monreale in Sicily, but she now lives in Rome

3. by, of, ’s

   A me canzuni prifiruta dî Pink Floyd? 'Echoes' !

   My favorite song by Pink Floyd? 'Echoes'!

   A Divina Cummedia di Danti Aligheri

   The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

4. than

   Jack è cchiù autu di so mugghieri, Joan.

   Jack is taller than his wife, Joan.

   Biden dissi ca l'ecunumìa USA è 'n cunnizziuna pijuri di quantu pinzassi

   Biden says US economy is in worse shape than he thought.

5. Used in superlative forms; in, of

   Pont Neuf è u ponti cchiù anticu di Parisi

   Pont Neuf is the oldest bridge in Paris.

6. about, on, concerning

   Euclidi scrissi diversi libbra di matimàtica.

   Euclid wrote many books on mathematics.

   Parramu di sintimenta. ― Let's talk about feelings.

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

   Sei Nazziuna: a Scozzia joca cu l'Italia nni nu ncontru dicisivu pâ cucchiara di lignu.

   Six Nations: Scotland meet Italy today in a wooden-spoon decider.

   Acchattai na cuḍḍana d'oru jancu.

   I bought a white [made of] gold necklace.

8. (followed by an infinitive) to or omitted

   Iḍḍa dissi di nun priuccupàrisi.

   She said not to worry.

   Ch'avissi a fari si penzu d'aviri nu virus nnô me cumputer?

   What should I do if I believe I have a virus on my computer?

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

   Ca penzu di se ― I think so

   Nenti di megghiu ― nothing better

   Chi cc’è di novu? ― What's new?

Usage notes

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

di + article	Combined form
di + u	dû
di + lu	di lu
di + a	dâ
di + la	di la
di + i	dî
di + li	di li
di + l'	di l'

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

Derived terms

• d'accordu
• d'accusì
• d'accuḍḍì
• d'oru
• d'èbbica
• di basi
• di certu
• di corpu
• di cuntìnuu
• di cunzichitanza
• di norma
• di notti
• di novu
• di pirsuna
• di ricenti
• di sicuru
• di supra
• di sòlitu
• di tantu 'n tantu
• di truppeḍḍu
• dâ minchia
• dû cori
• dû gèniri

Related terms

• 'n
• a
• cu
• ncapu
• ncoḍḍu
• nfra
• nna
• nne
• nni
• ntra
• pi
• supra

See also

Sicilian definite articled prepositions

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
	u / lu	a / la	i / li
a	ô (older also: a lu)	â (older also: a la)	ê (older also: a li)
di	dû (older also: di lu)	dâ (older also: di la)	dî (older also: di li)
cu	cû (older also: cu lu)	câ (older also: cu la)	chî (older also: cu li)
pi	pû (older also: pi lu)	pâ (older also: pi la)	pî (older also: pi li)
nna	nnô (older also: nna lu)	nnâ (older also: nna la)	nnê (older also: nna li)
nni	nnû (older also: nni lu)	nnâ (older also: nni la)	nnî (older also: nni li)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/
• IPA^(key): /di/ (Apocopic form)
• Rhymes: -di
• Hyphenation: di

Noun

di (f)

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

Singpho

Noun

di

1. egg

References

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

Slavomolisano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

di

1. (interrogative) where

Pronoun

di

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

     Kum, ja znam di je na masarija di, unutra, jesu čuda stvari za jist. Što gorivaš, šma po?

     Godfather, I know where there is a farm where there are many things to eat inside. What do you say, shall we go?

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).

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

di

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

   Dile lo que te di. ― Tell him what I gave you.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Particle

di

1. (Peru, Trujillo, colloquial) Used as a friendly particle.

Verb

di

1. second-person singular imperative of decir

   Dile lo que te di. ― Tell him what I gave you.

2. obsolete spelling of dice

Sumerian

Romanization

di

1. romanization of 𒁲

Sundanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di

Preposition

di (Sundanese spelling ᮓᮤ)

1. locative indicator; in, at, on, to, at, under, concerning, regarding

Further reading

• Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij, page 120
• Danadibrata, R.A. (2006), Kamus Basa Sunda, Bandung: Kiblat, page 84

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

Declension of di

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	di	dis
	definite	din	dins
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of di

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	di	dis
	definite	dien	diens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• dibarn

Related terms

• dia
• dägga
• däggdjur

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

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

References

• “di”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “di”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “di”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• id

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *diq (“particle of negation”). Blust (2010-) notes that this word is believed by some to be short for hindi (“no; not”), but its agreement with the monosyllabic word in other languages suggests that this shorter form is older. See also dili (“not; no; hardly; rarely; seldom”). Compare Yami ji, Ilocano di, Isnag di, Cebuano di / dili, Maranao di', Western Subanon di, Mansaka di, Tausug di'.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdiʔ/ [ˈd̪ɪʔ], (colloquial) /ˈdeʔ/ [ˈd̪ɛʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: di

Particle

dî (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)

1. no; not

   Antonyms: oo, (respectful) opo

Alternative forms

• 'di
• d — text messaging, Internet slang

Derived terms

• 'di ba
• 'di nga
• di hamak
• hindi

Related terms

• di-

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /di/ [d̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: di

Adverb

di (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)

1. (sometimes preceded by e) then; in that case

   Synonyms: kung gayon, kung ganoon, (Marinduque) kundi, (Nueva Ecija) garod

   E, di wow.

   Well, then “Wow”.

   Di sino ang daingan kundi ang Padre?

   Then to whom to complain to if not the Father?

   Kung sarado ang pintuan, di buksan mo.

   If the door is closed, then open it.

   Sino pa bang maglilinis kung hindi si ate, di ako!

   Who else would clean if not our older sister, then [none other than] me!

See also

• e di wow

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English dee, the English name of the letter D / d.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /di/ [d̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: di

Noun

di (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)

1. the name of the Latin script letter D/d, in the Filipino alphabet

   Synonyms: (in the Abakada alphabet) da, (in the Abecedario) de

Derived terms

• eksdi

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

Further reading

• “di”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*diq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Talysh

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *dáhyuš. Cognate with Persian ده (deh).

Noun

di

1. village

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *dr̥Hgáh. Cognate with Persian دیر (dir).

Adjective

di

1. late

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• gi
• degg, gg (before w, u, y or i)
• deggʷ, ggʷ (before w or u)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [ðɪ]
• Syllabification: di
• Rhymes: -ɪ

Preposition

di (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⵉ)

1. in, into

   Aqqa-t di taddart. ― He is in the house.

   Nudef degg waman. ― We went into the water.

Usage notes

Nouns following this preposition are placed in the annexed state.

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)

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

• diij

Teribe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Noun

di

1. water
2. river

Synonyms

• diwa

References

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

Tooro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Adverb

di (interrogative)

1. when, at what time

Usage notes

This adverb causes the word before it to move its high tone to the ultimate syllable.

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[6], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 427

Trumai

Noun

di

1. water
2. mirror

References

• Raquel Guirardello (1999), A reference grammar of Trumai, Houston: Rice University (PhD thesis)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jɪj˧˧]

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 移.

Verb

di

1. (colloquial) to change position; to move

Derived terms

• di căn (移根, “to metastasize”)
• di chuyển (移轉, “to transfer, to move”)
• di cư (移居, “to migrate”)
• di dân (移民, “to migrate”)
• di động (移動, “mobile”)
• di tản (移散, “to evacuate”)
• di thực (移植, “(botany) to acclimatize”)

Etymology 2

Romanization

di

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 遺

Derived terms

• di chỉ (遺址, “ruins”)
• di chiếu (遺詔, “posthumous edict”)
• di chúc (遺囑, “will; testament”)
• di chứng (遺症, “(medicine) complication”)
• di ngôn (遺言, “last words, testament”)
• di sản (遺產, “legacy, heritage”)
• di tích (遺跡, “historical site”)
• di truyền học (遺傳學, “genetics”)
• di truyền (遺傳, “hereditary”)
• di vật (遺物, “relic”)

Volapük

Preposition

di

1. of

Waigeo

Verb

-di

1. (intransitive) to be full

Conjugation

Class IV conjugation of di

		singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person	inclusive	yadi	tutadi	(a)tútadi	tadi
	exclusive		umadi	atúmadi	ámadi
2nd person		nyadi	mumadi	matúmadi	madi
3rd person	animate	nadi	uladi	atúladi	ladi
	inanimate	andi	sidi

References

• Arnold, Laura (2018), Grammar of Ambel, an Austronesian language of Raja Ampat, west New Guinea (PhD thesis)‎^[7]

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Preposition

di (after an open syllable and/or before a vowel: d')

1. of

Welsh

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

Mutated forms of ti

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ti	di	unchanged△	thi

^△Irregular.

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

di f (plural diau)

1. The name of the Latin script letter D/d.

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 / u gwpan, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd

Mutation

This word cannot be mutated.

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di˧/

Noun

di (classifier: daim)

1. used in di ncauj (“lip(s)”)

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[8], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 35.

Wolof

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Conjunction

di

1. and (used between clauses)

See also

• ak
• té

Yoruba

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

dí

1. The name of the Latin script letter D/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

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

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

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

Verb

di

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

Derived terms

• (to become): ọládiméjì
• (to become): òṣùpádẹ̀jẹ̀

Etymology 4

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

Verb

dì

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

Derived terms

• dídì (“braiding”)
• irun dídì (“braided hair”)
• onídìrí (“hairdresser”)
• àdìmọ́lẹ̀ (“cornrows”)
• ìdì
• ìdìpọ̀

Etymology 5

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

Verb

di

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

Etymology 6

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

Verb

dì

1. (intransitive) to coagulate, to solidify

Derived terms

• adì

Etymology 7

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

Verb

dì

1. (intransitive) to win a game

Zhuang

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ti˨˦/
• Tone numbers: di¹
• Hyphenation: di

Classifier

di (Sawndip form 的, 1957–1982 spelling di)

1. a bit of; a little; some

Adverb

di (Sawndip form 的, 1957–1982 spelling di)

1. a little more

Zia

Noun

di

1. tooth