dẹ

Inherited from Proto-Edoid *ɗɛ

dẹ

1. to buy

Inherited from Proto-Edoid *ɗɛ.

dẹ

1. (transitive) to buy

• Anthony Obakpọnọvwẹ Ukere, Urhobo - English Dictionary, 1986 - version edited by Roger Blench, Cambridge 2005, page 5

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̀/

dẹ̀

1. to be soft or tender in texture

   ọsàn yìí ti dẹ̀ ― This orange has become soft

2. (idiomatic, by extension) to be stupid or foolish; (literally) to have a soft head (indicating that one has no brain)

   ọmọ́ dẹ́ ― The child is foolish

3. to become reduced or weakened in degree or intensity

   ibà mi ti dẹ̀ ― My fever has reduced in intensity

4. to become comfortable or relaxed

• dẹ when preceding a direct object

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̀/

dẹ̀

1. (Lagos, Ijebu) then, thus, and

   Synonyms: kẹ̀dẹ̀, sì

   A sọ̀rọ̀, a dẹ̀ ti jẹrun nẹ́ẹ̀ ― We spoke, and we also ate

• Used in the auxiliary position

Proposed to have been derived from Proto-Yoruboid *dɛ. Cognate with Igala dẹ (“to hunt”)

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̄/

dẹ

1. (transitive, intransitive) to hunt; to set a trap

   Mo dẹ ìgèrè láti pẹja ― I set a metal fish trap to kill fish

2. (intransitive) to become a skillful hunter