ляӈат

Ket

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Ketic *lāˑ (“strand, tassel; fishing hook”) + Proto-Yeniseian *-ŋ (inanimate-class plurality suffix) + Proto-Yeniseian *ad (“bone”).[1] Alternatively, analyzable as a compound of ля (lā, “barb, fishing hook”) +‎ аʼт (aˀd, “bone”).

Also see the GLD entry[2] for an in-depth discussion on this 'notoriously unstable' term with broader Yeniseian context, where this term is instead etymologized as *ляӈ (“hand?”) + Ket аʼт (aˀd, “bone”), the first part of which is then compared to Arin lánt’ūŋ (“wing”).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲaŋ˩˧.ad̥˧˩], [ɮʲaŋ˩˧.at˧˩]

Noun

ляӈат (láŋad) n (plural ляӈатн)

  1. hand (bodily extremity)

Usage notes

  • The exact semantics of this term and the distinction with its (quasi-)synonym хъӈн (hə́ŋn) is unclear.

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 9, 472, 476
  2. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&basename=new100%2fyen%2fyen&sort=number&text_word=hand&method_word=equal
  3. ^ Toporov, Vladimir Nikolajevich (1968), “Материалы к срабнительно-исторической фонетике Енисейских языков. 1. Аринско-Енисейские соответствия”, in Ivanov, Vjacheslav Vselodovich, Toporov, Vladimir Nikolajevich, Uspenskij, Boris Andreevich, editors, Кетский Сборник 4: Лингвистика, Moscow: Nauka, page 289

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 8, 9
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 260
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