тыль

Ket

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *tʰɯl (navel).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɯˑlʲ˧], [tɯˑɮʲ˧]

Noun

тыль (tɨ̄lʲf (plural тыляӈ or тыльтаӈ)

  1. navel

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *tʰɯːλ- ~ *tʰɯ̄ˑλ- (downriver, toward downriver), derived from Proto-Yeniseian *tʰɯgal (downriver, on the Yenisei river), itself derived from Proto-Yeniseian *tʰɯx (“bottom”, noun) + Proto-Yeniseian *al (half, side).[2] Alternatively, analyzable as a compound of ты (tɨ̄, concave portion of the riverbank) +‎ аль (ālʲ, side, half).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɯˑlʲ˧], [tɯˑɮʲ˧]

Adverb

тыль (tɨ̄lʲ)

  1. from below, upward; reaching from below (from the lower reaches of a river, especially the Yenisei)

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 932
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 929, 930, 932

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 312-313
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 381