суси

See also: Appendix:Variations of "susi"

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *susigʌ (midnight),[1][2] derived from Proto-Yeniseian *su (midway point in time) + Proto-Yeniseian *sigʌ (night).

Alternatively, analyzable as a compound of сю (, half, middle point; middle-) +‎ си (, night).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /⁵susi/, [su˩˧s͉ʲi˧˩]

Noun

суси (súsif (no plural)

  1. midnight

Adverb

суси (súsi)

  1. at midnight

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=649&root=config (§ derived terms)
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 835

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 174
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 358-359

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 寿司 (すし, sushi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsusʲɪ]

Noun

су́си • (súsin inan (indeclinable)

  1. sushi