Tundra Nenets

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Etymology

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Possibly from Proto-Uralic *śaδa-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sʌʔjesʲ(ə̥)]
  • Hyphenation: саˮ‧есь

Verb

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саˮесь (saqyesʹ°impf

  1. (intransitive) to hang about; to loiter
  2. (intransitive) to engage in mating behaviour

References

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  • N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “саˮесь”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN