сяʼй

Ket

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian чай (čaj, “tea”) or from "an older East Asian source." Also compare the parallel borrowing in the closely related Yug чаʼй (čaˀj, “tea”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²saj/, [s͉ʲaʔa̯ç˥˧]

Noun

сяʼй (saˀj) n (plural сяян)

  1. tea (hot beverage)

References

  1. ^ Werner, Heinrich K. (2012), Vajda, Edward J., editor, Dictionary of the Yugh language (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 47), Muenchen: Lincom GmbH, →ISBN, page 65
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 758

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 182
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 330
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