djente

Ladino

Alternative forms

• djenti, gente, (Yugoslavia) ŷente

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish yente, from Latin gens, gentis. Compare Spanish gente.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Türkiye):

  (file)

Noun

djente f (Hebrew spelling ג׳ינטי)

1. people (folk) [16th c.]
   • 1970, Annual‎^[1], volumes 5–7, The Organization, page 177:

     El criyo con forma djente se munchiguen i en olam podesten!

     He created people with form [so that they] may multiply and dominate the world!

   • 2013 November 30, Jacobo Sefamí, Miriam Moscona, Por mi boka: Textos de la diáspora sefardí en ladino‎^[2], Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial México, →ISBN, page 66:

     I el sol es de dos modos kontrarios uno de otro, ke la parte ke esta para la tierra es de fuego, ma la otra parte ke da para el sielo es de pedrisko, ke kon esto se konserva uno kon otro, i el envierno tiene la vanda del pedrisko para la tierra i ansi aze muncho friyo, i si no fuera ke la otra vanda es de fuego, no era posivle ke pudieran la djente sonportarlo.

     And the sun is of two phases contrary to one another: the part for the earth is fire, yet the other part for the sky is hail, one with the other is kept with this, and winter has hail's side for the earth, making it very cold, and if it weren't for the other side, the fiery one, it would not be possible that people could bear it.

Papiamentu

Etymology

Derived from Spanish diente and Portuguese dente and Kabuverdianu denti.

Noun

djente

1. (anatomy) tooth
   • 2003 October 10, Elis Juliana, translated by Hélène Garrett, Haiku in Papiamentu‎^[3], University of Alberta, →ISBN, page 10:

     Morde bo lenga
     kaba tira tur falta
     riba bo djente.

     When you bite your tongue, you may blame your teeth, but it remains your fault.