киʼсь
Ket
Etymology
From earlier kássa,[1] from Proto-Ketic *kʰiˀs ~ *kʰeˀs, ultimately inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *kajš (“lower leg, foot”). Cognate with Yug киʼс (kiˀs), Kott hêči, gečan (“boots”) and possibly also Jie 劬禿 (*gju.thuwk /*got-o-k/, “his foot”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kiʔsʲː˥˧], [kiʔʃ̬˥˧]
Noun
киʼсь (kiˀs) n (plural кисьеӈ (kisʲeŋ))
- (anatomy, zootomy) foot
- Кисяӈ хыта карё! (Alinskoe dialect)
- Kisʲaŋ hɨta karʲɔ!
- Watch your feet!
- Аб кисьеӈ он къйдиль билъъӈ. (Kellog dialect)
- Āb kisʲɛŋ ɔ̀n kʌjdilʲ bilʌːŋ.
- My ankles are swollen from walking too much.
- Кисясь таӷайкукся. (Yeloguy settlements dialects)
- Kisʲasʲ ttaʁajkuksʲa.
- I'll kick you.
- (literally, “I'll kick you with my foot.”)
References
- ^ Werner, Heinrich (2005) “kássa (M, W, Kl, VW)”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 47
- Fortescue, Michael, Vajda, Edward (2022) “77.) ~ *kawš”, in 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 361
- Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “kiˀs”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 233
- Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*kʰiˀs”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 467
- Werner, Heinrich (2002) “киʼсь (с)”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы[2], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 46
- Werner, Heinrich (2002) “²kiˀs'”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 434
- Werner, Heinrich (2005) “foot”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 297