сим

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sim"

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *sim ~ *sum (if, when, preverbal irrealis particle).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹sim/, [sʲiˑm˧]

Particle

сим (sīm)

  1. if, if only, would; preverbal subjunctive or irrealis particle

Usage notes

  • As can be deduced by the definition, this particle сим appears before the verb in Ket sentence. For example:
    • Ат богон. (Ād bókon. “I went.” [Realis mode])
    • Ат сим богон. (Ād sīm bókon. “If only I went..., I would have went..., Had I went...” [Irrealis mode])

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=661&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 833

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 196
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 347

Russian

Pronoun

сим • (sim)

  1. inflection of сей (sej):
    1. dative plural
    2. instrumental masculine/neuter singular

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɪm]

Determiner

сим • (sym)

  1. inflection of сей (sej):
    1. dative plural
    2. instrumental masculine/neuter singular

Pronoun

сим • (sym)

  1. inflection of сей (sej):
    1. dative plural
    2. instrumental masculine/neuter singular

Yakut

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *yum-, *yüm- (to close (eyes, mouth)). Compare to Turkish yummak, Azerbaijani yummaq.

Verb

сим • (sim)

  1. (intransitive) to blink

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

сим • (sim)

  1. (transitive) to stuff (something into something else)