сеӈ

Ket

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *sēˑŋ (“liver”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹seŋ/, [s͉ʲeˑŋ˧]

Noun

сеӈ (sēŋ) n (plural сеӈан or сеӈын)

  1. liver

Etymology 2

From earlier *seːŋ (“here”),[3][4] derived from Proto-Yeniseian *se- ~ *si- (“here, there”) + Proto-Yeniseian *ŋ (grammatical case element of uncertain function).

In turn, related to Ket сёоӈ (sóòŋ, “there, thither”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹seŋ/, [s͉ʲeˑŋ˧], /³seŋ/, [s͉ɛːŋ˩˥˧]

Adverb

сеӈ ~ сээӈ (sēŋ ~ séèŋ)

  1. here, hither

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=620&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 779
  3. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=625&root=config
  4. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 780, 816

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 188, 190
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 341
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