баат

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *báqat (“grandfather, old man”), further analyzable as a nominalized compound of аб (āb, “my”, first person singular possessive pronoun) with an unclear second formant. Compare Ket баам (báàm, “old woman”), formed identically.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɑːt˩˥˧]

Noun

баат (báàt) m (plural батаӈ)

  1. old man

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 114

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 111
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 108
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