deben.

Brit.

/ˈdɛbeɪ/, U.S.

/ˈdɛˌbeɪ/, East African English

/ˈdebe/

Forms: 1900s– debbe (rare), 1900s– debe.

Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili debe.

Etymology: < Swahili debe square tin container with a capacity of four gallons (also daba; plural madebe), probably ultimately < an Indian language (compare Hindi ḍabbā, ḍibbā pouch, small box, casket, tin or can (for preserving food), Bengali ḍābā large container (for feeding cattle)).In use as a unit of measurement sometimes with unchanged plural form.

East African.

A square tin container for liquids, holding approximately four gallons (about 20 litres); (also) a measure of capacity equal to the amount it takes to fill a debe.Debes are typically used for the transport and storage of fuel such as petrol or kerosene, but are often reused for other purposes.

ΚΠ

1924 Tanganyika Territory Blue Bk. xix. 76 There exists also an unofficial but universally recognised unit of measure known as the ‘debe’.

1967 A. L. Stewart Prospecting for Minerals 22 The plates should be of stout sheet metal (old debbes are often used although they need flattening for the larger plates).

1984 E. Rodwell And so it Goes 95 We have a collection of twenty years of odds and ends that ‘might come in useful’ one day. The back of the garage has rolls of chicken wire, iron rods, timber and old debes.

2014 Citizen (Tanzania) (Nexis) 7 Dec. She used to buy two debes of the local brew for her business.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	debe
释义	deben. Brit. /ˈdɛbeɪ/, U.S. /ˈdɛˌbeɪ/, East African English /ˈdebe/ Forms: 1900s– debbe (rare), 1900s– debe. Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili debe. Etymology: < Swahili debe square tin container with a capacity of four gallons (also daba; plural madebe), probably ultimately < an Indian language (compare Hindi ḍabbā, ḍibbā pouch, small box, casket, tin or can (for preserving food), Bengali ḍābā large container (for feeding cattle)).In use as a unit of measurement sometimes with unchanged plural form. East African. A square tin container for liquids, holding approximately four gallons (about 20 litres); (also) a measure of capacity equal to the amount it takes to fill a debe.Debes are typically used for the transport and storage of fuel such as petrol or kerosene, but are often reused for other purposes. ΚΠ 1924 Tanganyika Territory Blue Bk. xix. 76 There exists also an unofficial but universally recognised unit of measure known as the ‘debe’. 1967 A. L. Stewart Prospecting for Minerals 22 The plates should be of stout sheet metal (old debbes are often used although they need flattening for the larger plates). 1984 E. Rodwell And so it Goes 95 We have a collection of twenty years of odds and ends that ‘might come in useful’ one day. The back of the garage has rolls of chicken wire, iron rods, timber and old debes. 2014 Citizen (Tanzania) (Nexis) 7 Dec. She used to buy two debes of the local brew for her business. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1924
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