kež

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeˀʒ/, [ˈkeˀĭ̯ʒ̥]

ke’ž

1. hand, arm
   • 2012–2013, “kež”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     jõvā kež

     right hand

   • 2012–2013, “kež”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     kurā kež

     left hand

   • 2012–2013, “kež”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[3], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     vȯndzi kež

     lucky hand

   • 2012–2013, “kež”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[4], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     käd tutkāmõs

     [at a distance of a] stretch of an arm

   • 2012–2013, “kež”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[5], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     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

   • 2012–2013, “kež”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[6], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     kätā nustõ

     to raise a hand

   • 2012–2013, “kež”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[7], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     kīndidi käddõ pānda

     to put on gloves

   • 2012–2013, “kež”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[8], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     kädkõks eitõ

     to walk away, throw in the towel, give up, withdraw, bail

     (literally, “to throw with hand”)

   • 2012–2013, “kež”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[9], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     kežži lagtõ

     to brag ~ to throw around one's hands

   • 2012–2013, “kež”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[10], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     kežži pūdõks piezzõ

     to wash one's hands in innocence

     (literally, “to wash one's hands clean”)

   • 2012–2013, “kež”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[11], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     kežži piddõ ripsõ

     to be unengaged, sit on one's ass

     (literally, “to keep one's hands on one's lap”)

   • 2012–2013, “kež”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[12], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     eņtš käds piddõ

     to keep to oneself

     (literally, “to keep in one's hand”)

   • 2012–2013, “kež”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[13], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     iļ käd

     sloppily

     (literally, “on, by hand”)

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “ke'ž”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[14] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra