n. (f.)

έˀɛfo fɔ́ne ľheʰ ŝeybóbhon keʰ ˁaľéḳ ṭad be-bíľeʰ yeʸháḳam ḷe-ŝiyáṭ wa-yenáḥag bes ḷe-desdέseʰ ‘In former times, elderly people, when they were nervous about something, used to spend the night sleepless, playing with the fire by knocking (at glowing embers with a stick).’ (CSOL II 1:68)

• dέsdes to knock, to tap