desa

desa

1. village

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 165

desa

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

From Sanskrit देश (deśa)

desa (plural desa-desa, first-person possessive desaku, second-person possessive desamu, third-person possessive desanya)

1. country
2. town, village

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 (“tail”), English tail, Sanskrit देशा (deśā, “fringe of cloth; lamp wick”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [dæsa]

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

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

From Sanskrit देश (deśa)

desa (plural desa-desa, informal first-person possessive desaku, informal second-person possessive desamu, third-person possessive desanya)

1. country
2. town, village

Compare Sanskrit देश (deśa).

desa ?

1. point
2. place, region
3. country

• preposition de + pronoun esa

desa

1. (obsolete) of that, from that (followed by a feminine noun in singular)

• dese
• deso
• deses
• desos
• desa
• desas