ӄип

Ket

Etymology

From earlier xiːp (“month”), a compound of ӄя (qʲà, “big”) +‎ оп (ōp, “father”), from Proto-Yeniseian *ɢej (“big, large”) + *ab (“father”).

The senses 'bear', 'moon' and 'month' are tabooistic replacements. Sense 2 and senses 3-4 were lexically replaced independently of each other. In traditional Ket tales, the moon is usually reflected as a male figure, hence the semantic shift.

Pronunciation

Noun

ӄип (qīp) m (plural varies; senses 1 & 2 ӄибаӈ (qíbaŋ), sense 3 ӄиин (qíìn), sense 4 ӄиинь (qíìnʲ))

  1. (sociology) grandfather
    Coordinate term: ӄима (qīma, “grandmother”)
    Ат уська диимбес ӄипдаӈал. (Kureyka dialect)
    Āt usʲka diːmbɛs qipdaŋal.
    I came home from my grandfather's.
  2. (zoology) bear
    Synonyms: баат (báàt), ӄой (qɔ̀j)
    Силь, ӄип баӈд ээль дуп. (KKellog dialect)
    Sīlʲ, qīp baŋd ɛ́ɛ̀lʲ dūp.
    In the summer, the bear feeds on the bounty of the land.
  3. (astronomy) moon
    Synonym: ӄиплаӈ (qīplàŋ)
    Ӄип дасюльэйокся! (Sulomay dialect)
    Qīp dasʲulʲɛjɔksʲa!
    The moon is turning blood-red!
  4. (time) month
    Аль-ӄип, ӄип-ӄо. (Maduyka dialect)
    Ālʲ-qīp, qip-qɔ.
    Half a month, then an entire month.

References

  1. ^ Georg, Stefan (2007) A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 78

Further reading

  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “qīb (1)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 291
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “qīb (2)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 292
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*qibʌ/*qebʌ (1, 3, 4, 5)”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 662
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “ӄип (м) [мн. ӄибаӈ]”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎[1], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 57
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “¹qiˑp (I, II, III, IV)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 90-92
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “xiːp (M, W)”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 56
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