хэсэ

Nanai

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *kese, compare Manchu ᡥᡝᠰᡝ (hese).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /həsə/
  • Hyphenation: хэ‧сэ

Noun

хэсэ (hese)

  1. word
  2. speech
  3. language
    На̄най хэсэвэни отолӣси-ну?
    Nānaj heseweni otolīsi-nu?
    Do you understand the Nanai language?

Derived terms

  • хэсэ бэгдини (hese begʒini, “gossip”, literally “speech of the leg”)
  • хэсэку кино (heseku kino, “talkie”, literally “movie with speeches”)

References

  • T. I. Petrova (1960) Нанайско-русский словарь [Nanai-Russian dictionary], Leningrad: Русский язык, page 152
  • S. N. Onenko (1980) V. A. Avrorina, editor, Нанайско-русский словарь [Nanai-Russian dictionary], Русский язык, page 493
  • S. N. Onenko (1989) V. A. Avrorina, editor, Словарь нанайско-русский и русско-нанайский словарь [Nanai-Russian and Russian-Nanai dictionary], Leningrad: Русский язык, page 128

Ulch

Noun

хэсэ (xəsə)

  1. word

References

  • Natasha Stoynova, “Verbal Negation in Ulch: The Limits of Instability”
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