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Verb

desa

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit.

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]

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

• (dated) desinieks, desiniece
• (colloquial) desot
• (colloquial) muļķadesa, muļķa desa

References

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit देश ‎(deśa).

Noun

desa ?

1. point
2. place, region
3. country