лёсь

From earlier d-los (“her cunt”),^[1] from Proto-Ketic *lōs, inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ɬaws (“vulva”).

Most likely related to Ket лөн (lōn, “lip”) and лёняӈ (lʲɔ̄nʲaŋ, “lips”) and Kott d'ôš (“pleasure”), but probably not related to Proto-Turkic *yōl (“way, road; luck”), as often given in older dictionaries.

• IPA^(key): [l̥ʲɔˑsʲ˧]

лёсь (lʲɔ̄sʲ) f (plural лёсяӈ (lʲɔ̄sʲaŋ))

1. (anatomy) vulva, cunt

   Synonym: латыл (látɨl)

   Coordinate term: быʼсь (bɨˀsʲ, “penis”)

   Лосьд ей. (Baiha dialect)

   Lɔsʲd ēj.

   Clitoris.

   (literally, “Uvula of the vulva.”)

   Ӄимьд лөсь бикся бимбавет, хигдаӈт хай бикся бимбавет. (Kellog dialect)

   Qimʲd lōsʲ biksʲa bimbavɛt, hiɣdaŋt haj biksʲa bimbavɛt.

   Women's genitals are like so, but men's genitals work differently.

• Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “lōš”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 265
• Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*dˡos/*dˡot”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 489
• Werner, Heinrich (2002) Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 15
• Werner, Heinrich (2005) “vulva”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 331