саʼӄ
Ket
Pronunciation
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *saw-ɢa (“squirrel”).
Historical forms
- 18th century Ket: sakʼ, s̴akʼ (Castrén); saːk (Müller); säk, sak (Pallas); scháck, šak (Messerschmidt)
- 19th century Ket: säk (Klaproth)
Noun
саʼӄ (saˀq) f (plural саан (sáàn, sâːn))
- (zoology) squirrel
- Coordinate term: эмь (ɛ̀mʲ, “flying squirrel”)
- c. 1966, A. P. Dulzon, Кетские сказки page 37:
- Саʼӄ каститнам дээгәтдиитнаӄ, туль саʼӄ даӄӄитна.
- Saˀq t-kastitnam dɛ́ɛ̀ɣətdíːtnaq, tulʲ saˀq daqqitna.
- He caught the squirrel, skinned it, and then he roasted the squirrel.
- Саʼӄ каститнам дээгәтдиитнаӄ, туль саʼӄ даӄӄитна.
- c. 1981, T. I. Toporov, Сказки Народов Сибирского Севера page 27:
- Саан илиӈись дувэн дынна им, больбан датоӷойиӈӄаӈадян.
- Sáàn iliŋisʲ duvɛn dɨnna īˑm, bɔlʲban datɔʁɔjiŋqaŋaɾʲan.
- Squirrels eat nuts of fir trees and dried mushrooms for sustenance.
- Саан илиӈись дувэн дынна им, больбан датоӷойиӈӄаӈадян.
See also
- Yeniseian entry guidelines § Historical bibliography
References
- ^ Georg, Stefan (2007), A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 78
Further reading
- Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), “saˀq”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 335
- Werner, Heinrich (2002), “саʼӄ”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы[1], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 75
- Werner, Heinrich (2002), “2saˀq”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 162
- Werner, Heinrich (2005), “squirrel”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 324