heŋai

Kott

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *qagaŋ (“hair”).[1][2]

(Editor's note: See Ket тәӈ (tə̄ŋ, “headhair, hair on head”) for context regarding SLDB's comparison with Ket-Yug comparata.)

Glossed as Latin crinis in earlier recordings by Heinrich J. von Klaproth (hingajan)[3] and Peter S. Pallas (ӷингаянь).[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛŋaj/

Noun

heŋai (plural heŋajaŋ)

  1. hair, headhair

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=244&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 622
  3. ^ Klaproth, Heinrich J. von (1823), Humboldt, Friedrich W. H. A. von, editor, Asia Polyglotta (in German), Paris, page 174
  4. ^ Pallas, Peter S. (1786, 1789), Schnoor, Iohannis C., editor, Linguarum Totius Orbis Vocabularia Comparativa (Pars Prior et Pars Secunda) (in Russian), volume 79, Petropoli [St. Petersburg]

Further reading

  • Matthias Alexander Castrén, Versuch Einer Jenissei-Ostjakischen Und Kottischen Sprachlehre: Nebst Aus Den Genannten Sprachen, St. Petersburg: Leopold Voss Publisher, 1858, page 209
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 313
  • 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 130
  • Werner, Heinrich K. (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz KG, →ISBN, page 110
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