сюлем

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *suλem (red, adjective),[1][2] possibly from earlier *sūˑλwesʌŋ, derived from Proto-Yeniseian *suλ (blood) + Proto-Yeniseian *-wes (prosecutive suffix) + Proto-Yeniseian *-ʌŋ (adjectival suffix).

Alternatively, analyzable as derived from Ket сюль (sūlʲ, blood).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /⁵sulem/, [sʲu˩˧ɮʲɛm˧˩]

Adjective

сюлем (súlem)

  1. red

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=662&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 828, 830-831

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 213
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 356-357
Colors in Ket · эʼтль (етляӈ) (layout · text)
     тагым      съʼнь      тум
             сюлем              съʼнь              ӄъляй
                          съʼнь             
                          съʼнь