сюль

Ket

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *suλ (blood).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹sul/, [s͉ʲuˑɮʲ˧]

Noun

сюль (sūlʲn (no plural)

  1. blood

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *sulʌ (cradle hook),[4][5] derived from Proto-Yeniseian *sugej (back, backwards) with its second formant either being Proto-Yeniseian *-λ (instrument-noun suffix) or Proto-Yeniseian *dˡa (strand, tassel).

Alternatively, analyzable as either derived from Ket сюга (súka, back, backwrads) directly, or a compound of сюга (súka, back, backwards) +‎ ля (, barb, tooth of a fishing hook).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /⁴sul/, [s͉ʲuɬ˥˩]

Noun

сюль (sùlʲn (plural сюльн)

  1. hook (for hanging a cradle or a baby crib)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *sugpʰɯl (tangle; tangle up, confuse, infinitive verb),[6] derived from Proto-Yeniseian *sugej (back, backwards) + Proto-Ketic *pʰaˤlʌ (bend, twist, infinitive verb).

Alternatively, analyzable as a compound of сюга (súka, back, backwards) +‎ халь (bending, the act of bending; twisting the act of twisting, action nominal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹sul/, [s͉ʲuˑɮʲ˧]

Verb

сюль (sūlʲ) (action nominal)

  1. confusing, the act of confusing (someone); disturbing, the act of disturbing

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=662&root=config
  2. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&morpho=0&basename=new100%2Fyen%2Fyen&first=1&off=&text_word=blood&method_word=equal&sort=number
  3. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 828
  4. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=667&root=config
  5. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 472, 833
  6. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 822, 829

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 212-213, 219
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 356