хъӈн

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *pʰʌŋn (“hand”).[1][2]

Also see the GLD entry[3] for an in-depth discussion on this 'notoriously unstable' term with broader Yeniseian context.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hʌŋ˩˧.n̩˧˩]

Noun

хъӈн (hə́ŋn) n (plural хъӈнеӈ)

  1. hand (bodily extremity)

Usage notes

  • The exact semantics of this term and the distinction with its (quasi-)synonym ляӈат (láŋad) is unclear.

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=/data/yenisey/yenet&text_number=507
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 596-597
  3. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&basename=new100%2fyen%2fyen&sort=number&text_word=hand&method_word=equal

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 338
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 200-201
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