быʼсь

Ket

Etymology

From earlier buis (“penis”),[1] from Proto-Ketic *bɯˀs, inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *bus (“penis”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [b̥ɨʔsʲ˥˧]

Noun

быʼсь (bɨˀs) m (plural бысяӈ (bɨ́sʲaŋ))

  1. (anatomy) penis, dick
    Coordinate term: лёсь (lʲɔ̄sʲ, “vulva”)
    Баадда быʼсь. (Kureyka dialect)
    Baːdda bɨˀsʲ.
    The penis of an old man.
    Ук быʼсь хыта агаро! (Yeloguy settlements dialects)
    Ūk bɨˀsʲ hɨta daɣarɔ!
    Go to hell!
    (literally, “Look down at your dick!”)

References

  1. ^ Werner, Heinrich (2005) “buis (M, W, Kl)”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 42

Further reading

  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “bɨˀs”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 124
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “bɯˀs”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 178
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “bɨˀs'”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 160
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “penis”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 314
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