-de

Meaning

1. (morpheme) Used to form locative of nouns.
2. (morpheme) Indicates time, at
3. (morpheme) when
4. (morpheme) over

Concepts

at

in

upon

Synonyms

-da

-ta

-te

içinde

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɛ/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـدا (-de, “locative suffix”), from Proto-Turkic *-te (“locative suffix”), front vowel variant of *-ta. Cognate with Karakhanid ـدا (-dē, “locative suffix”), Old Turkic 𐱅𐰀 (t²a /⁠-te⁠/, “locative suffix”).