илесь

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *ilä-, from Proto-Uralic *elä-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jilʲesʲ(ə̥)]
• Hyphenation: и‧лесь

Verb

илесь • (yilyesʹ°) impf (no perfective)

1. (intransitive) to live
2. (intransitive) to dwell

Verb

илесь • (yilyesʹ°) pf (no imperfective)

1. (intransitive) to revive
2. (intransitive) to survive

References

• Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 80
• N. M. Tereschenko (1965) “илесь”, in Ненецко-русский словарь, Moscow: Советская Энциклопедия