Expressions どいつもこいつも every last one of them; all of them Related words 誰だれ Standard neutral word for 'who'. どいつ is much rougher and more confrontational.
どなた Polite equivalent of 'who'. どいつ is the opposite in register, being rude and informal.
Written forms どいつ Usage 100%
Standard kana spelling; the word is usually written in kana.
何奴
rarely-used kanji form
どやつ
Rare alternate reading; may be encountered in older or dialectal speech.
Etymology Derived from ど (interrogative prefix) + 奴 (やつ , 'guy, fellow'), with sound change from どやつ to どいつ . The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it has long been used as a rough interrogative pronoun.
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