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# lake
# lake
{{#if:|
#: ''Wi dan tek wey kadi a '''desi'''.''
#: ''{{{example}}}''
#:: "We took the car to the '''lake'''."
#:: "{{{translation}}}"
# sea
}}
#: ''Pukashin '''Desi'''.''
#:: "The Poccasin '''Sea'''."


[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Bemé words]] [[Category:Bemé {{lc: Noun}}s]]
[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Bemé words]] [[Category:Bemé {{lc: Noun}}s]]
====Usage notes====
''{{PAGENAME}}'' is only used in sense 2 in placenames, such as ''Pukashin Desi'' "Poccasin Sea", ''Japan Desi'' "[[w:Sea of Japan|Sea of Japan]]", and ''Sargasow Desi'' "[[w:Sargasso Sea|Sargasso Sea]]" (although in this case it is usually only referred to as {{l|beme|Sargasow}}).
===Derived terms===
===Derived terms===
{{col-auto|beme|big desi}}
{{col-auto|beme|big desi}}

Latest revision as of 00:44, 17 February 2026

Bemé

Etymology

From English the +‎ sea.

Pronunciation

Noun

desi

  1. lake
    Wi dan tek wey kadi a desi.
    "We took the car to the lake."
  2. sea
    Pukashin Desi.
    "The Poccasin Sea."

Usage notes

desi is only used in sense 2 in placenames, such as Pukashin Desi "Poccasin Sea", Japan Desi "Sea of Japan", and Sargasow Desi "Sargasso Sea" (although in this case it is usually only referred to as Sargasow).

Derived terms