deés day; point in time

Part of Speech n.masc
Inflection Class a-decl (Obl, pl): -á
    • day; point in time
      • Example 108:
        se har deés akaadúi pašáa bhóon de.
        se
        3pl.nom
        har
        every
        deés
        day
        akaadúi
        one.another
        paš
        see
        -áa
        -inf
        bha
        be.able.to
        -en
        -3pl
        de
        pst
        They were able to meet one another every day.
        Source:
        A:SHY007
      • Example 667:
        áa deés táa gúum ta máathe qisá thíilu.
        a
        one
        deés
        day
        táa
        there.REM
        gúum
        go.pfv.MSG
        ta
        DS
        ma
        1sg.nom
        =the
        to
        qisá
        story
        the
        do
        -íl
        -pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        One day when I went there, he told me a story.
        Source:
        A:HUA009
      • Example 668:
        máhar ghiní deés muqarár tháana.
        máhar
        bride.price
        ghin
        take
        -í
        -CV
        deés
        day
        muqarár
        appointment
        the
        do
        -án
        -prs
        -a
        -MPL
        After the bride price has been accepted, they fix a day [for the wedding].
        Source:
        A:MAR062
      • Example 669:
        las the deesíi tróo zalí c̣hóoṇ čhineeṇḍeéu.
        las
        3sg.dist.acc
        the
        to
        deés
        day
        -ii
        -gen
        tráa
        three
        zal
        time
        -í
        -pl
        c̣háaṇ
        oak
        čhin
        cut
        -eeṇḍeéu
        -OBLG
        It should be fed with oak branches three times a day.
        Source:
        A:KEE015
      • Example 670:
        aní deesóom atshareetá wée qariibán čúur zára kušúni hína.
        aní
        prox
        deés
        day
        -am
        -pl.obl
        atshareét
        <place>
        -a
        -obl
        wée
        in
        qariibán
        approximately
        čáur
        four
        zir
        thousand
        -a
        -pl
        kušúni
        households
        hin
        be.prs
        -a
        -MPL
        Nowadays there are about four thousand people in Ashret.
        Source:
        A:PAS007

Related entries

  • See also:
    • raát night (as a measure of time); 24-hour period