Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/tuw

This Proto-Yeniseian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Yeniseian

Alternative reconstructions

  • *tʰuˀ (per Werner 2002)
  • *tuʔw (per Starostin 1994-2005)[1]
  • *tʰuˀw, *tʰuˀ (per Vajda-Werner 2022)

Etymology

Perhaps derived from Proto-Samoyedic, but the exact origin is uncertain. Compare Southern Selkup тю (tju) and Tundra Enets тобо (“clay, loam; earth”) for potential cognates.

Noun

*tuw (plural *tuw-Vŋ)

  1. (geology) loam, clay (specifically dry, not wet)
    Coordinate term: *tɬeq (“wet clay”)
Derived terms
  • *tuwVŋʷ (“black”, literally “clay-colored”)

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Imbak Ket: tuː (Mes.; Eed-Šeš dialect)
    • ⇒ Imbak Ket: túlten (túlten) (M., W., VW.), túlta (túlta), isulta (isulta) (Ad.)
      • Ket: туʼ (tuˀ, singular), тунэӈ (tūnɛŋ, plural) (All dialects)[2]
    • Ostyak Yug: tu (tu) (M.)
  • Kottic:
    • Assan: t'u (M., Kl., W.), t'hu (VW.)
    • Kott: tʰagar (C.), togár (M., Kl., W., VW.), tagar (singular) (H.), tʰagaraŋ (plural) (C.)
  • Arinic:
    • ⇒ Arin: t'uburuŋ (M., W., VW.), t'ubúrun (collective noun, plural stem) (Kl.)
    • ⇒ Arin: t'ulpenem (“grime, dirt”) (H.)
  • Pumpokolic:
    • Pumpokol: tu (W., VW., Kl.)

See also

  • Proto-Yeniseian entry guidelines § Bibliography

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=722&root=config
  2. ^ Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 390

Further reading

  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*tʰuˀ”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 2, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 909
  • Vajda, Edward (2024), “*tuw”, in The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[1], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 416
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “2tuˀ (I)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 293-294
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), “Lehm”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 252
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