ассель

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ʌtseˤλ (“wild animal”), derived from Proto-Yeniseian *dˡɯkʌt (“upland forest, mountaineous forested plateau”) + Proto-Yeniseian *seλʌ (“reindeer”).[1] Alternatively, analyzable as a compound of лыʼт (lɨˀt, “hillock, upland forest”) +‎ сель (sèlʲ, “reindeer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [asʲ˩˧.sɛl̥ʲ˧˩], [asʲ˩˧.sɛɬʲ˧˩]

Noun

ассель (ásselʲ) f or m (plural ассень)

  1. wild animal, game; a copper plate shaped like an animal to be worn by shamans

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 85

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 65
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 100
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