Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/ugʷVŋʷɬVb

This Proto-Yeniseian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Yeniseian

Alternative reconstructions

  • *ujeŋpul, *ujaŋpul (per Werner 2002)
  • *upVl, *uǯVpVr₁ (per Starostin 2005)[1]

Etymology

Composed of *ugʷVŋʷ (“long”) +‎ *ɬVb (“tongue”), literally “long-tongued”. According to Werner (2002) however, the second element reflects *butɬ (“leg”). Starostin (1994, 2005) goes against Werner's etymology and assumes the compound 'long-legged' to be a folk etymology instead.

Noun

*ugʷVŋʷɬVb (plural *ugʷVŋʷɬVb-Vŋ)

  1. (entomology) mosquito, midge

Descendants

  • Kottic:[2]
    • Kott: êmpul, ujempol (C.), ujampolo (singular) (H.), êmpulaŋ (plural) (C.)
  • Arinic:
    • Arin: utl'ap (H.)

See also

  • Proto-Yeniseian entry guidelines § Bibliography

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=170&root=config
  2. ^ Metathesized form of the expected reflex *ujem-lop.

Further reading

  • Fortescue, Michael; Vajda, Edward (2022), 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 259
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “êmpul”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 1, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 283-284
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “utlʲap”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 2, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 1036
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “êmpul”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 267
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “utl'ap”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 371
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), “mosquito”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 310
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