alup

Kott

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *alʌp (“tongue”),[1][2] also related to Ket ляптаӄ (lab⁷-t⁵-a⁴-[n²]-aq⁰, “S. bites (something)”).

Also found in Kott alûp t̔ägejaŋ (“I cause a (water) leak.”) as an object/verb incorporate, with the meaning 'leak', relation to the prior etymology unclear, though compare Ket ляпток (lab⁷-t⁵-[l²]-ok⁰, “S. leaks”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alup/

Noun

alup (plural alupaŋ or alupan)

  1. tongue (organ)

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=15&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 40-41

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 27
  • 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 179

Tausug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /ʔalup/ [ʔɑˈlup̚]
  • Rhymes: -up
  • Syllabification: a‧lup

Verb

alup (Sulat Sūg spelling اَلُفْ)

  1. to face (towards)
  2. to appear before
  3. to be in front of

Derived terms

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