déedi grandmother; father's mother

Part of Speech	n.fem
Vernacular Form	دیدیۡ
Phonetic Form	déedi
Inflection Class	m-decl (Pl): -m
Indo-Aryan Proto-Form	*dādda- 'father or elderly relative' (T: 6261)

• • grandmother; father's mother

  • • Example 73:
      

      eetheelúki míi déedi áaṣṭ bhišá kaalúki múṛi.

      eetheelúk

      at.that.time

      -i

      -f

      míi

      1sg.gen

      dáadi

      fathers.mother

      áaṣṭ

      eight

      bhiš

      twenty

      -a

      -pl

      kaalúk

      of.age

      -i

      -f

      muṛ

      die.pfv

      -i

      -f

      My grandmother was 160 years old when she died.

      Source: A:PAS003e

Related entries

• See also:
  • dóodu grandfather; father's father; forefather