улесь

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *Huλes (“rain, god of rain”),[1][2] derived from Proto-Yeniseian *Huλ (“water”) + Proto-Yeniseian *es (“sky; god”).

Alternatively, analyzable as a compound of уль (ūlʲ, “water”) +‎ есь (ēsʲ, “sky; god”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /⁵ules/, [u˩˧ɮʲɛs͉ʲ˧˩]

Noun

улесь (úlesʲ) m (no plural)

  1. rain

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=772&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 322-323

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 338
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 408
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