lasis

== Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlasis/ Rhymes: -asis Syllabification: la‧sis === Verb === lasis past of lasi == Latgalian == === Alternative forms === lases (dialectal) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlasʲisʲ] Hyphenation: la‧sis === Noun === lasis inflection of lase: genitive singular nominative/vocative plural accusative plural == Latvian == === Etymology === Traditionally related to Latvian lāse (“drop (of liquid)”) (dialectally attested as lase, lasis), perhaps because of the drop-like little spots on a salmon's scales, from Proto-Indo-European *laḱ- (“to sprinkle, to spatter”). Another suggestion is that this term comes from Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“to jump, to leap”), referring to the mating habits of salmons, swimming and leaping upstream; but the final k leaves the s in the Baltic and Slavic forms unexplained. One would have to assume parallel forms *lek-, *leḱ- for this stem. Cognates include Lithuanian lãšis, lašiša, Old Prussian lalasso (probably a misspelled lasasso), Russian лосо́сь (losósʹ), Czech losos, Polish łosoś, Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (Old High German lahs, German Lachs, Swedish lax, English lax, lox), Tocharian B laksi (“fish”), Ossetian лӕсӕг (læsæg, “salmon”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlasːis] === Noun === lasis m (2nd declension) salmon (especially Salmo salar) zvejot lašus ― to fish salmon svaigs lasis ― fresh salmon žāvēts lasis ― dried salmon lašu/laša krāsa ― salmon color ==== Declension ==== === References ===