десь

See also: Appendix:Variations of "des"

Ket

Etymology

From earlier dées,[1] inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *dej-ç (eye). Cognate with Yug дес (des), Kott têš, Pumpokol dat and Arin tieŋ (eyes) (plural).

Noun

десь (dēsʲn (plural дэсьтаӈ (dɛ́sʲtaŋ))

  1. eye (singular)
    Дыль дубингък аниншэн, дэштаӈ тоʼн игильтаӈ. (Baklaniha dialect)
    Dɨlʲ dubingʌk aninšen, dɛštaŋ tɔˀn iɣilʲtaŋ.
    The child found the toys, and [their] eyes lit up [with excitement.]
    Аб обда деска дэʼӈ дасаноксегин. (Kureyka dialect)
    Āb ɔbda dɛska dɛˀŋ dasanɔksɛɣin.
    People are talking about my dad, looking directly at him.
    (literally, “Their eye on my father, people are talking about him.”)
    Ат десь ӄаппина. (Pakuliha dialect)
    Āt dēsʲ tqabbina.
    I closed my one eye.

Pronunciation

Derived terms

  • десоват (desɔ́vat, superciliary bone)
  • десоӈут (dɛ́soŋut, eye socket)
  • десьбуль (dɛsʲpulʲ, eyelid)
  • десьӄъӈдоӄс (dɛsʲqʌŋɾɔqsʲ, mirror)
  • десьтӄарь (desʲt-qarʲ, eyelashes, eyebrows)
  • десьтулий (desʲdúlij, pupil of the eye)
  • десьтуль (dɛsʲdúlʲ, tear, teardrop)

References

  1. ^ Werner, Heinrich (2005) “des' (Ad); dées (M, W, Kl, VW)”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 43
  2. ^ Georg, Stefan (2007) A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 68
  • Fortescue, Michael, Vajda, Edward (2022) “13.) ~*tej”, in Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 332
  • Georg, Stefan (2007) A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 19
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “dēs (n, dès/destaŋ)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, volume 1, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 144-145
  • Vajda, Edward (2024) “*dej-ç '(one) eye'”, in The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[2], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 413
  • Vajda, Edward (2024) “Table 19:3”, in The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[3], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 424
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “десь (с) [мн. дэсьтаӈ, пара — дэсь]”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы[4], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 30
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “(1) deˑs' (n)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 187
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “eye”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 294

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɛsʲ]
  • Audio:(file)

Adverb

десь • (desʹ)

  1. somewhere

References