сюга

Ket

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *suqa (“northern shoveler”, Anas clypeata).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /⁵suka/, [s͉ʲu˩˧ʁa˧˩] ~ [s͉u˩˧ʁa˧˩]

Noun

сюга ~ суга (súka) m (plural сюгаӈ)

  1. white-headed duck, northern shoveler (species Anas clypeata)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *sugej (“back, backwards”, adverb),[2][3] derived from Proto-Yeniseian *sug (“back”) + Proto-Yeniseian *-ej (directional adverbial suffix).

In turn, related to Ket сю (sū, “half, middle point, mid-”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /⁵suka/, [s͉ʲu˩˧ɣa˧˩]

Adverb

сюга (súka)

  1. back, backwards; at home

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 834
  2. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=653&root=config
  3. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 821

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 172, 216
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 355
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