больба

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *baŋ-pewtɬ-ja (mushroom, literally earth-growth). Cognate with Yug болба (bɔlba), Arin pen-bet-u (mushroom) and partially with Kott pol-šoja (tree fungus).

Noun

больба (bɔ́lʲbaf

  1. mushroom
    Ӄʼок кин больба дидульдоӄ. (Pakuliha dialect)
    Qɔˀk kīn bɔlʲba didulʲdɔq.
    An earthworm is eating a mushroom.
    Бу ӄотеюксьа больба. (Sulomay dialect)
    Bū tqɔtɛjuksʲa bolʲba.
    He picked up a mushroom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔlʲ˩˥.pa], [ˈbɔlʲ˩˥.ba]

References

  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “bolba (f)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 127
  • Vajda, Edward (2024) 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 392
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “больба ж [мн. больбан, больбаан]”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы[2], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 25
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “bɔ́l'ba (f., Pl. bɔ́l'ban)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 139-140