баʼӈ

See also: баӈ and бан

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *maŋ (“land, earth”).

Noun

баʼӈ (baˀŋ, baŋ) n

  1. ground
    Баӈга тулет онье абатий. (Kureyka dialect)
    Baŋga tulɛt ɔ̀nʲɛ abatij.
    There are many berries that grow on the ground.
  2. valley
    Бильбаӈ. (Pakuliha dialect)
    Bilʲbaŋ.
    Distant valley.
  3. land, world, the Earth
    Итдъӈльам әт, бильа кънбаʼӈ, есьда кънбаʼӈ бимбавет, анет тоʼй хай хытка дольдаӄ. ("Песнь о моём брате", ПМБ:211)
    Itdʌŋlʲam ə̄t, bilʲa kʌnbaˀŋ, ɛsʲda kʌnbaˀŋ bimbavɛt, anɛt tɔˀj hāj hɨtka dɔlʲdaq.
    We know how the whole nether-world and the heavenly-world was created;[1] [we know] who lives above and below.
  4. place, location
    Әт дъӈон ӄак тоӷойеӈбаʼӈбесь. (Kellog dialect)
    Ə̄t dʌŋɔn qāk tɔʁɔ́jɛŋbaˀŋbɛsʲ
    We passed five shallows.[2]
  5. campsite
    Буӈ дугин ӄогдаӄ-баӈадиӈта. (Surgutiha dialect)
    Būŋ duɣín qɔgdaq-baŋadiŋta.
    They are settled in the fall encampment.
  6. time (in set phrases, limited to idiomatic usage)
    Туде баӈга ат тологот. (Pakuliha dialect)
    Tudɛ baŋga āt tɔlɔɣɔt.
    I was sleeping at that time.[3]

Participle

баʼӈ (baˀn)

  1. where, while, when
    Ӄуʼсь дугдават баʼӈ, еʼп дилунбет. (Kureyka dialect)
    Quˀsʲ dugdávat baˀŋ, ɛˀp dilunbɛt.
    While I was digging the [ground for installing a] chum, I broke the shovel.

Pronunciation

References

  1. ^ Literally, “arranged”.
  2. ^ Literally, “designated locations”
  3. ^ Literally, “at that place”, using a spatial metaphor for time.
  4. ^ Georg, Stefan (2007) A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 49
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “baˀŋ (I, n.; II)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 108-109
  • Vajda, Edward (2024) “*baŋ”, in The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[1], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 416
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “ба ӈ с [мн. баӈ эн]”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎[2], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 21
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “(2) baˀŋ (I, ket., jug., n., Pl. baŋɨn)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 110
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