dedi

See also: dédi

Australian Kriol

Etymology

From English daddy.

Noun

dedi

1. father

Latin

Alternative forms

• detī (Merovingian, hypercorrection)

Etymology

From *dedō, perfect of Proto-Italic *didasi, though the perfect base has been shortened, reducing the second syllable of the base to merely the letter D; if Latin let the root undergo regular development, the perfect of dāre would probably have been *dedōī, *dedōistī, etc.

Verb

dedī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of dō

Middle Dutch

Contraction

dedi

1. contraction of dēde +‎ hi

Turkish

Verb

dedi

1. third-person singular indicative simple past of demek

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dedi˩˥/

Numeral

dedi

1. twenty

References

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad