sisalik

• süsalik, sisask (dialectal)

From Proto-Finnic *sisalikko, from Proto-Uralic *čońśe. Cognates include Livonian sižālikki, Votic süsälikko, Finnish sisilisko, Ingrian sysälikko, Livvi šižiliuhku, Ludian šiželih, Veps šižlik; Northern Sami deaččalakkis (from Proto-Samic *teańčëlëŋkēs); Eastern Mari шыҥшале (šyŋšaĺe), Udmurt кенӟали (kendźaľi), Komi-Zyrian дзодзув (dźodźuv); Northern Khanty сусǝԓ (susǝł), Northern Mansi сосла (sosla, “a mythical creature resembling a lizard”); Forest Nenets [script needed] (tānts), Forest Enets [script needed] (taďu, “sea lamprey”), Nganasan [script needed] (tansu, “sea lamprey”), Northern Selkup [script needed] (tȫśu, tüśu), Kamassian [script needed] (tansə) and Mator [script needed] (tanǯǝ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsisɑlik/, [ˈsʲisɑˌlʲikˑ]
• Rhymes: -ikː
• Hyphenation: si‧sa‧lik

sisalik (genitive sisaliku, partitive sisalikku)

1. lizard (a relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail)

   Hypernyms: roomaja, reptiil

   Hyponyms: küü, vaskuss, basilisk, arusisalik, agaam, iguaan, kameeleon, leeguan, geko, ihtüosaurus, kalasisalik, draakon, dinosaurus, saurus, hiidsisalik, ürgsisalik, varaan, ogasaba

   vilgas kui sisalik ― nimble as a lizard

   Kivil soojendab end päiksepaistel sisalik. ― A lizard is warming itself in the sunshine on a rock.

   Kui sisalikule kepp saba peale panna, siis jätab ta põgenedes saba maha.

   If you put a stick on a lizard's tail, it will leave its tail behind as it runs away.

   • 1985, Viivi Luik, Seitsmes rahukevad, Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, →ISBN, page 22:

     Mesipuu külje all kasvas riba niitmata heina. Pikad puitunud timutid ja kasteheinad piirasid lennulauda, kus rammus hall sisalik end päikese käes soojendas. Sisaliku silmad läikisid, tema lühikesed jalad seisid harali, soomustega kaetud jäme saba kadus mustendavasse lennuavasse.

     A strip of uncut grass grew beneath the beehive. Long, woody timothy grass and sedges bordered the flight board, where a plump gray lizard basked in the sun. The lizard's eyes gleamed, its short legs stood apart, and its thick, scaly tail disappeared into the dark flight board.

2. (dialectal) an oblong haystack

• sisalik in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “sisalik”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009