сенаӈ

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *senʌŋ (“shaman”), by some way derived from Proto-Yeniseian *senʌŋ (“making shamanic magic”, infinitive verb), from even earlier Proto-Yeniseian *sen (“cure by singing”) + Proto-Yeniseian *-ʌŋ (infinitive verb suffix).[1][2]

Also compare Ket сенбереӈ (sénbedeŋ, “performing shamanic rituals, the act of performing shamanic rituals”, action nominal), especially the root morpheme *сен- (“shamanic magic?”) for a doublet in Ket.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /⁵senaŋ/, [sʲɛ˩˧naŋ˧˩] ~ [sʲɛ˩˧nʲaŋ˧˩]

Noun

сенаӈ (sénaŋ) m (plural сенин)

  1. shaman, folk-religious character, mysticist, faith-healer, witch doctor

Usage notes

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=616&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 778-779

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 184
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 339
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