ээль

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *epʰʌλ (“cranberry”).[1][2]

Also compared to Hungarian eper (“strawberry, mulberry”) and Western Mansi ӓпрӓ (äprä, “strawberry”), by CHYD.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛːlʲ˩˥˧], [ɛːɮʲ˩˥˧]

Noun

ээль (éèlʲ) n (no plural)

  1. lingonberry, bilberry, cranberry; berry

Usage notes

  • Also used as a generic term for berries in Southern Ket varieties.

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 291
  2. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=59&root=config

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 258
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 166
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