kež

See also: kez, kéz, kéž, and Kez

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *käci, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *käte. Compare Estonian käsi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keʒ/

Noun

ke'ž

1. 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

     [at a distance of a] 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

Declension of kež (87)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	kež	kädūd
genitive (genitīv)	käd	kädūd
partitive (partitīv)	kätā	kežži
dative (datīv)	käddõn	kädūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	kädkõks	kädūdõks
illative (illatīv)	käddõ	kežīz
inessive (inesīv)	kädsõ	kežīs
elative (elatīv)	kädstõ	kežīst