бъʼн

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ban (“duck, mallard”). Cognate with Yug бъ’н (bʌˀn), Kott pin, Arin ponʲa and Pumpokol ban (“duck, mallard”).

Noun

бъʼн (bʌˀn) m or f

  1. duck, mallard, wild duck
    Ат бънна хоʼӄ саӷультет. (Kellog dialect)
    Āt bʌnna hɔˀq saʁulʲtɛt.
    I stepped on some mallard dung.
    Таӷымкъльетбъʼн. (Sulomay dialect)
    Taʁɨm-kʌlʲɛt-bʌˀn.
    A duck with a white neck.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʌʔn˥˧]

Derived terms

  • бъндан (bʌ̀ndán, “duckweed”)
  • бъндъсь (bʌndʌsʲ, “rump (of birds)”)
  • бънно (bʌnnɔ, “duck-hunt”)
  • бъннобаʼӈ (bʌnnɔ-baˀŋ, “field to hunt ducks”)
  • бънтан (bʌ̀ntán, “drake, male duck”)
  • бъньгит (bʌ́nʲgit, bʌ́nʲdit, “duckling”)

References

  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN
  • Vajda, Edward (2024) “*ban-ja/ban-ja-n”, 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) “бъ’н”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎[2], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 27
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “(2) bʌˀn (ket., jug., m., Pl. (2) bʌˀn)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 156
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