aláŋ

Kott

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *alaŋ (“trousers, pants, hose”),[1][2] possibly derived from Proto-Yeniseian *al (“half, side, one of a pair”) despite being listed as 'dubious' by SLDB.

Alternatively, analyzable as derived from Kott al- ~ âl- (“half-”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alaŋ/ ~ /alæŋ/

Noun

aláŋ (plural alákŋ)

  1. trousers, hose

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=16&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 29

Further reading

  • Matthias Alexander Castrén, Versuch Einer Jenissei-Ostjakischen Und Kottischen Sprachlehre: Nebst Aus Den Genannten Sprachen, St. Petersburg: Leopold Voss Publisher, 1858, page 196
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 30
  • Werner, Heinrich K. (2003), Röhrborn, Klaus, Schellbach-Kopra, Ingrid, editors, M. A. Castrén und die Jenissejistik: Die Jennisej-Sprachen des 19. Jahrhunderts (Veröffentlichungen des Societas Uralo-Altaica; 62) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 134
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