кеʼт

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *qid (“man”).

Pronunciation

Noun

кеʼт (kɛˀt, keˀt) m (irregular plural дэʼӈ (dɛˀŋ))

  1. (sociology) man, human being
    Coordinate term: ӄим (qīm)
    Лёбэткеʼт онь лёбэдольбет. (Baklaniha dialect)
    Lʲɔbɛt-kɛˀt ɔ̀nʲ dlʲɔbɛdɔlʲbɛt.
    The worker worked a lot.
    (literally, “The working-man ...”)
    Кеʼт өксь каяӷо. (Sulomay dialect)
    Kɛˀt ōksʲ tkajaʁɔ.
    [That] man is chopping down wood.
    Тур кетданаль ат дуʼп кайнам. (Yeloguy settlements dialects)
    Tūr kɛtdanalʲ āt duˀp tkajnam.
    I got my fishing rod from this man.
  2. (sociology) friend, comrade
    Ат угас дасӄанся ъта биндэп кедяс. (Kellog dialect)
    Āt uɣas dasqansʲa ʌta qɔrʲa bindɛp kɛrʲas.
    I am speaking to you as if you were my friend.
    Бу дондэрий биндуда кедас. (Kureyka dialect)
    Bū dɔndɛrij binduda kɛdas.
    They came with their companion.
    Кето, ук ис бидэ? (Pakuliha dialect)
    Kɛtɔ́, ūk īs bidɛ́?
    Comrade, where's your lunch?

Pronoun

кеʼт (kɛˀt)

  1. (indefinite) one, one's own; personal referent pronoun
    Укаӈа къткэт, а укиль аксь кеʼт кайбоӷос? (Pakuliha dialect)
    Ukáŋa kʌtkɛt, a ukílʲ aksʲ kɛˀt tkajbɔʁɔs?
    You can sell, but what can I buy?
    (literally, “You give, and what can one take from you?”)
    Ись мосна толькит кидбес кеʼт кайбоӷос. (Surgutiha dialect)
    Īsʲ mɔsna tɔlʲgit kidbɛs kɛˀt tkajbɔʁɔs.
    One can buy fish for cheap [nowadays].
    (literally, “Fish are cheap - one can take it.”)

Derived terms

  • белькет (bɛlʲkɛt, “ladies' man, womanizer”)
  • какет (kākɛt, “weaver”)
  • -кит (-kit, -git, diminutive suffix)
  • кънаскет (kʌnáskɛt, “admirable person, exemplary person; (in southern dialects) Ket”)
  • ӄакит (qaɣit, “old man”)
  • ӄоккет (qɔɣɛt, “alone, lonely”)
  • ӄоойкет (qɔ́ɔ̀jkɛt, “neighbor”)
  • латкет (latkɛt, “warehouseman, larder”)

Descendants

  • → English: Ket (learned)
  • → Russian: ке́тский (kétskij, “Ket people”)

References

  1. ^ Georg, Stefan (2007), A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, pages 49, 81
  • Fortescue, Michael; Vajda, Edward (2022), “PY *e”, in Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), “keˀd (m)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 227-228
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*kʰeˀt (1, 2, 3)”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 464-465
  • Vajda, Edward (2024), The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[2], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 377, 388
  • Vajda, Edward (2024), “*qid (Table 18)”, in The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[3], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 422
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “ке’т (м) [мн. дэ’ӈ]”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎[4], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 45
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “²kɛˀt (I, II)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 420-421
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), “man (human being)”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 308
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