няль

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *nʲanʲpʰɯl (“loaf of bread”), derived from Proto-Ketic *nʲaˀnʲ ~ *nʲäˀnʲ (“bread”) + Proto-Yeniseian *pʰɯl (“accumulation, mass”).[1]

Alternatively, analyzable as a compound of няʼнь (naˀnʲ, “bread”) +‎ *-хыль (-hɨ̄lʲ, “accumulation, mass, growth”), where the second formant is a regular suffixing element which did not survive on its own in Modern Ket.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nʲal̥ʲ˥˩], [nʲaɬʲ˥˩], [nʲæɬʲ˥˩]

Noun

няль ~ нянль (nàlʲ ~ nànlʲ) n (plural няляӈ)

  1. bread roll, bread bun, loaf

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 503, 504

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 27?
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 268
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