итаӈ

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *iːtʲaˀʌŋʌ (roaming from place to place, infinitive verb),[1][2] with parallels seen in the distantly related Kott (cf. Kott ait̔ac̔ôkŋ (I nomadize.))[3][4], derived from Proto-Yeniseian *Hig (day) + Proto-Ketic *tʲaˤŋʌ (drag, transport by dragging, infinitive verb).

Alternatively, analyzable as a compound of иʼ (, day; daytime) +‎ таӈ ([l²]-taŋ⁰, S. carries, drags an object).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /⁵itaŋ/, [i˩˧taŋ˧˩]

Noun

итаӈ (ítaŋn (plural итакин)

  1. argish[5] (sledge train of several sleighs); one day march from one tentstand to another, usually with a train of sleighs

Verb

итаӈ (ítaŋ) (action nominal)

  1. nomadizing, the act of nomadizing; roaming from place to place, the act of roaming from place to place

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=107&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 367
  3. ^ Matthias Alexander Castrén, Versuch Einer Jenissei-Ostjakischen Und Kottischen Sprachlehre: Nebst Aus Den Genannten Sprachen, St. Petersburg: Leopold Voss Publisher, 1858, page 195
  4. ^ Werner, Heinrich K. (2003), Röhrborn, Klaus, Schellbach-Kopra, Ingrid, editors, M. A. Castrén und die Jenissejistik: Die Jennisej-Sprachen des 19. Jahrhunderts (Veröffentlichungen des Societas Uralo-Altaica; 62) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 148
  5. ^ https://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/vasmer/36298/%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%88

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 383
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 216