Esperanto

Verb

celis

1. past of celi

Latvian

Celis

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel(H)- ‎(“to turn, to rotate, to move”) (whence also kult, q.v.). The original meaning of this word was therefore “moving place,” “movable member, organ.” Cognates include Lithuanian kelỹs, kẽlis, dialectal kialis, Old Church Slavonic колѣно ‎(kolěno), Russian колено ‎(koléno), Ancient Greek κώλον ‎(kṓlon, “organ”), κωλήν ‎(kōlḗn, “femoral bone”), κωλεξ ‎(kōlex, “dimple under knee”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tsɛlis]

Noun

celis m (2nd declension)

1. knee (the joint between thigh and shin and the area around it)

   stīvs celis‎ ― stiff knee

   ceļa luzums‎ ― knee fracture

   sēdēt tēvam uz ceļiem‎ ― to sit on father's knees (= lap)

   sniegs mežā bija dziļš, vai līdz ceļiem‎ ― the snow in the forest was deep, up to the knees

   sieviete pastiepa zilās kleitas malu tālāk pāri ceļiem‎ ― the woman stretched the hem of the blue dress beyond the knees

   meitene pieliec celi, kā skolā mācīts‎ ― the girl bent (her) knee, as taught at school

Declension

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “celis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7