баттат

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *báttat (“face”), derived from Proto-Yeniseian *bat (“out-facing part of body”) + Proto-Yeniseian *ad (“bone”).[1]

Alternatively analyzable as a compound of баʼт (baˀt, “out-facing surface or distal portion of body part”) +‎ аʼт (aˀd, “bone”).

Not related to Ket бат (bāt, “face; brow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bat͉˩˧.tad̥˧˩]

Noun

баттат (bátad, báttad) n (plural баттатаӈ or баттареӈ)

  1. face, visage

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 118

Further reading

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