баʼт

Ket

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [baʔt˥˧]

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Yeniseian *bat (“out-facing surface or distal portion of body part”), referencing objects tossed during divination landing on their foreside signifying an affirmative answer.[1]

Noun

баʼт (baˀt) n (no plural)

  1. truth

Adjective

баʼт (baˀt)

  1. true, right

Adverb

баʼт (baˀt)

  1. rightly, correctly

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 116

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 110-111
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 112-113
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