ляӈат

Ket

Alternative forms

  • ляʼӈ (lʲaˀŋ) (Rare or obsolete variant)

Etymology

Compound of ляʼӈ (lʲaˀŋ, “hand”) +‎ аʼт (aˀt, “bone”),[1] further derived from Proto-Yeniseian *ɬaw (“extension, protrusion”). Distantly cognate with Navajo álaʼ (“hand”) and Tlingit lú (“nose”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlʲaŋ̥ː˩˧.at̬˥˩]

Noun

ляӈат (lʲáŋat) (plural ляӈен (lʲáŋʲɛn) or ляӈатн (lʲáŋatn))

  1. (anatomy) hand, arm
    Synonyms: бетить (bɛtitʲ), хъӈн (hʌŋn), ыль (ɨ̄lʲ)
    Ляӈен уськә сим датаӈаюля! (Maduyka dialect)
    Lʲaŋɛn usʲkə sʲīm dataŋajulʲa!
    May those hands of yours wither away!
    (literally, “May your hands be pulled back [into your body.]”)
    Дахаантет ляӈат. (Sulomay dialect)
    Daháàntɛt lʲaŋat.
    She broke her arm.

References

  1. ^ Georg, Stefan (2007), A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 131

Further reading

  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), “laŋad”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 260
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “laŋat”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 2, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 476
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “ляӈат”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎[1], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 69
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “²l'aˀŋ”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 9
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “l'áŋat”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 8
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