бәньсяӈ

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *bʌnsʌ ~ *bʌnsaŋ (“does not exist”, non-agreeing predicate element) with parallels seen in distantly related Kott, possibly from earlier *wʌnsaŋ, derived from Proto-Yeniseian *bʌ(n) (“no, not”) + Proto-Ketic *sʌ ~ *saŋ (“be”, composite base verb).[1] Alternatively, analyzable as a predicative compound of бәнь (bə̄nʲ, “no, not”, negatory particle) with the composite verb ending -сяӈ (composite verb base expressing existence or transition into some mental or emotional state), more commonly found as -бесяӈ (“[verb] starts to happen” morpheme combination in verbs denoting inception of a state), as in Ket бимбасаӈ (bin⁷-b³-a¹-saŋ⁰, “it begins”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɤnʲ˩˧.sʲaŋ̥˧˩]

Verb

бәньсяӈ (bə́nʲsaŋ)

  1. there is not, there are not; non-agreeing predicate element, negative predicate verb

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 174, 175, 763-764

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 158
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 136
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