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いで

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Unknown.

Interjection

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いで (ide

  1. Come! (used to verbally urge the addressee when calling them closer)
Usage notes
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Used in more limited contexts compared to other words such as さあ ().

Etymology 2

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(i, well) + (te, hand), with rendaku.

Noun

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いで (ideゐで (wide)?

  1. 井手: (archaic) A dam used to divert water for irrigation.

Proper noun

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いで (Ideゐで (Wide)?

  1. 井手: a surname

Etymology 3

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From ずて (zute). Early Middle Japanese.[1]

Suffix

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いで (-ide

  1. (Classical Japanese) Attaches to the 未然形 (mizenkei, irrealis or incomplete form) of verbs to form the negative conjunctive, equivalent to modern ないで (-naide).

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN