kež

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeˀʒ/, [ˈkeˀi̯ʒ̥]

ke’ž

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

     jõvā kež

     right hand

     kurā kež

     left hand

     vȯndzi kež

     lucky hand

     käd tutkāmõs

     [at a distance of a] stretch of an arm

     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

     kätā nustõ

     to raise a hand

     kīndidi käddõ pānda

     to put on gloves

     kädkõks eitõ

     to walk away, throw in the towel, give up, withdraw, bail (lit. "throw with hand")

     kežži lagtõ

     to brag ~ to throw around one's hands

     kežži pūdõks piezzõ

     to wash one's hands in innocence (lit. "to wash one's hands clean")

     kežži piddõ ripsõ

     to be unengaged, sit on one's ass (lit. "to keep one's hands on one's lap")

     eņtš käds piddõ

     to keep to oneself (lit. "to keep in one's hand")

     iļ käd

     sloppily (lit. "on, by hand")

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “ke'ž”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra