De is used in the phrase deʰ di-ḥaʰ ‘this (near deixis)’ and deʰ di-boḳ ‘that (far deixis)’.
As the nuclear element of the possessive pronoun in the singular (CSOL II 441):
|
Sg. |
Du. |
Pl. |
1 |
díˀʸho |
díˀki |
díˀḥan |
2 m. |
díˀɛʰ, di-ˀέhɛn |
díˀti |
díˀten |
2 f. |
díˀiʰ |
||
3 m. |
díˀʸheʰ |
díˀʸhi |
díˀʸhen |
3 f. |
díˀseʰ |
díˀsen |
In adverbial expressions: di-ṣabḥ ‘in the morning’; di-ḥteʰ ‘in the night’; di-ˁamd ‘in the evening’; di-dóte ‘in spring’.
be-di- ‘in the manner of’: be-di-méskin ‘like a beggar’, be-di-ḥeľíyyeʰ ‘in oblique language’, perhaps be-di-soḳoṭríyyeʰ ‘in the Soqotri language’.
di-ke-bóde ‘at first’.
di-ḥteʰ ‘during the night’
men di-ḥorf ‘in the autumn’