defte

Fula

Alternative forms

• dewte (Masina Fulfulde)

Noun

defte

1. plural of deftere

Usage notes

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dafte, daft, deffte

Etymology

From Old English dæfte, from Proto-West Germanic *daftī (“fitting, suitable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaft(ə)/, /ˈdɛft(ə)/

Adjective

defte

1. Mild, polite, respectful, modest.
2. (rare) Unexciting, boring, rude.

Derived terms

• dafftelike

Descendants

• English: daft, deft
• Scots: daft, dauft

References

• “dafte, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-17.