desa

See also: Desa, desà, desā, and de sa

Catalan

Verb

desa

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of desar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of desar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit देश (deśa)

Noun

desa

  1. country
  2. town, village

Latvian

Desas

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *deš-, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to cut, to sever, to split into fibers”). A minority opinion derives desa from a different stem *deḱ- (“to remove, to take out”). Cognates include Lithuanian dešrà, dialectal dešerà, Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌻 (tagl, “hair”), Old Norse tagl (“horsehair”), Old High German zagal (“tail, rod”), Old English tægl, tægel (“tail”), English tail, Sanskrit देशा (deśā, “fringe of cloth; lamp wick”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dæsa]
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Noun

desa f (4th declension)

  1. sausage (meat product made of ground meat and seasonings stuffed into an animal's intestine or some similar cylindrical material)
    cūkgaļas desa ― pork sausage
    aknu desa ― liver sausage
    žāvētās desas ― dried sausages
    desās pārstrādā gaļu un iekšējos orgānus ― one processes meat and internal organs into sausages
    brālis skubināja, lai pamērcējot desu sinepēs ― the brother urged for the sausage to be seasoned in mustard

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “desa”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit देश (deśa)

Noun

desa (plural desa-desa)

  1. country
  2. town, village

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit देश (deśa).

Noun

desa ?

  1. point
  2. place, region
  3. country

Spanish

Etymology

  • preposition de + pronoun esa

Contraction

desa

  1. (obsolete) of that, from that (followed by a feminine noun in singular)
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