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Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *käci, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *käte. Compare Estonian käsi.
Pronunciation
Noun
ke'ž
- hand, arm
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- jõvā kež
- right hand
- kurā kež
- left hand
- vȯndzi kež
- lucky hand
- käd tutkāmõs
- stretch of an arm
- kädūd jūrõ pānda ~ kežži jūrõ pānda
- to have one's involvement in something / to be someone's doing / to have had someone's hand in something
- kätā nustõ
- to raise a hand
- kīndidi käddõ pānda
- to put on gloves
- kädkõks eitõ
- to walk away, throw in the towel, give up, withdraw, bail (lit. "throw with hand")
- kežži lagtõ
- to brag ~ to throw around one's hands
- kežži pūdõks piezzõ
- to wash one's hands in innocence (lit. "to wash one's hands clean")
- kežži piddõ ripsõ
- to be unengaged, sit on one's ass (lit. "to keep one's hands on one's lap")
- eņtš käds piddõ
- to keep to oneself (lit. "to keep in one's hand")
- iļ käd
- sloppily (lit. "on, by hand")
Declension