тель

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *tʲegʌl (“mammoth, a mythical creature described below”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹tel/, [teˑɮʲ˧]

Noun

тель (tēlʲ) m (plural текӈ or теляӈ)

  1. a large, amphibian or underground mythical creature in traditional Ket folklore; mammoth

Usage notes

  • The mythical creature and mammoth senses are related in the sense that, Ket people traditionally attributed mammoth fossils to be the exfoliated and/or fallen teeth of this presumed creature.

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=256&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 945

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 260
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 375-376
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