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Aê Diê

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Etymology

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Blend of (grandfather; mister; lord) +‎ adiê (sky; heaven). Cognate with Jarai Ơi Adai. Compare Vietnamese ông trời (the Jade Emperor, literally the Heavenly Lord), Vietnamese Chúa Trời and Vietnamese Thiên Chúa (Yahweh, literally the Heavenly Lord).

Proper noun

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Diê

  1. (biblical, Protestantism) the Lord; God
    ƀuôn Aê Diê
    Heaven
    (literally, “the land of God”)
    sang Aê Diê
    a church
    (literally, “a house of God”)
    Klei Aê Diê Blŭ
    the Bible
    (literally, “the Stories God Told”)
    • 2015, “Klei Kbiă 20 [Exodus 20]”, in Klei Aê Diê Blŭ [The Words of God]:
      Kâo jing Yêhôwa Aê Diê ih, pô atăt ih kbiă leh mơ̆ng čar Êjip, mơ̆ng sang klei jing hlŭn.
      I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.