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# dust
# dust
#: ''[[Esel]] [[ein]] [[kesh]] [[kempte]]; [[ava'lan]] [[eip]] [[kesh]].''
#:: From '''dust''' they came, return them to '''dust'''.
#::: -''Yennefer'' (''[[The Witcher]]'', [[Season_2_The_Witcher_Dialogue#Episode_205|Episode 205]])


====Creation and Usage Notes====
====Creation and Usage Notes====

Revision as of 00:24, 7 November 2023

Hen Linge

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language
The etymology of this word comes from an invisible proto-language. If you're confident you know the etymology, feel free to add it, but reader beware should the etymology be added by someone other than the creator of the language!

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈkɛʃ/

Orthographic Form

kaeshe

Noun

kesh (class 5)

  1. dust
    Esel ein kesh kempte; ava'lan eip kesh.
    From dust they came, return them to dust.
    -Yennefer (The Witcher, Episode 205)

Creation and Usage Notes

I have a very peculiar note in my dictionary on this word. The spelling is, letter-for-letter, kaeshe. After the definition, I have a note that says the word is ultimately from *kaeʃ. The word is never referenced elsewhere. I haven't the slightest idea why (a) this would matter, and, as a consequence, (b) why I would make the note. But I did, so I repeat it here. Maybe someone else can figure it out—I sure can't.

-David J. Peterson 00:39, 11 August 2023 (PDT)