силь

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sil"

Ket

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *sīˑλʌ (summer),[1][2] derived from Proto-Yeniseian *siλ (hot) + Proto-Yeniseian *Hig (day).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹sil/, [sʲiˑɮ˧]

Noun

силь (sīlʲn (no plural)

  1. summer (season)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *sinuλ (unfrozen part of a river in winter),[3] derived from Proto-Yeniseian *sen (“flow, movement”) + Proto-Yeniseian *Huλ (water).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /⁴sil/, [sʲiɬ˥˩]

Noun

силь (sìlʲn (plural сильн)

  1. ice hole (which is covered by a thin crust of ice), unfrozen part of a river in winter
Usage notes
  • A common variant, синль (s̀inlʲ), is also used.

Etymology 3

Derived from Proto-Yeniseian *six (small particle) + Proto-Yeniseian *pʰɯl (accumulation, growth).[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /⁴sil/, [sʲiɬ˥˩]

Noun

силь (sìlʲn (plural силеӈ, силяӈ)

  1. heap, bundle, pile
Usage notes
  • A common variant, сильт (s̀ilʲt), is also used.

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=639&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 800
  3. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 322, 776, 803
  4. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 605-606, 799

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 196, 197, 206
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 346