Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/ɬaws

This Proto-Yeniseian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
This Proto-Yeniseian entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Yeniseian

Alternative reconstructions

  • *λos, *λot (per Werner 2002)
  • *lōs (for Proto-Ketic), *dˡos, *dˡot (for Pre-Proto-Yeniseian, per Vajda-Werner 2022)
  • *ðoʧ, *ðoc (per Cologne group 2023 & 2024. Pattern: l.1-s.1)

Reconstruction notes

Whether this reconstruction should be *ɬaws as a simplex or *ɬaw-ç as a singulative-marked root is uncertain and cannot be inferred from surviving descendants. The former is adopted in light of the coordinate term *bus (“penis”), though this is arbitrary.

Etymology

Most likely related to Proto-Yeniseian *tɬawn (“lip”), *tɬadʳ (“vulva”) and Kott d'ôš (“pleasure”), though the exact phonetic path of evolution is uncertain.

Noun

*ɬaws (plural *ɬaws-Vŋ or *ɬaw-Vŋ)

  1. (anatomy) vulva, female genital organ
    Synonym: *tɬadʳ
    Coordinate term: *bus (“penis, male genital organ”)

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Imbak Ket: d-los (“her cunt”)
    • Ostyak Yug: luš

Further reading

  • Bonmann, Svenja, Fries, Simon, Korobzow, Natalie, Günther, Laura, Hill, Eugen (2023) “l.1 (Table 28 [cont.])”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part I: Word-Initial Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics‎[1], number 5, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 71 of 39-82
  • Hill, Eugen, Fries, Simon, Korobzow, Natalie, Günther, Laura, Svenja, Bonmann (2024) “'vulva'”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part II: Word-Final Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics‎[2], number 6, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 252 of 216-293
  • Hill, Eugen, Fries, Simon, Korobzow, Natalie, Günther, Laura, Svenja, Bonmann (2024) “Coda-s.1 (Table 21)”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part II: Word-Final Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics‎[3], number 6, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 279 of 216-293
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*dˡos/*dˡot”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 489
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 15
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “vulva”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 331
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