Tundra Nenets

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Samoyedic *tålä-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tʌlʲesʲ(ə̥)]
  • Hyphenation: та‧лесь

Verb

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талесь (talyesʹ°pf (imperfective талебӑсь)

  1. (transitive) to steal

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [təlʲesʲ(ə̥)]
  • Hyphenation: та‧лесь

Verb

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тӑлесь (tălyesʹ°pf (imperfective тӑлебӑсь)

  1. (transitive) to fulfill

References

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  • N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 128
  • Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 347