иʼнь

Ket

Etymology

From Proto-Ketic *ìːˤn-ja (“needle”), derived from Proto-Yeniseian *jen-ja, which is ultimately from Proto-Yeniseian *jen (“sharp (said of spine-like objects)”). Cognate with Yug иʼн (iˀn), Kott in/în and Arin in.

Compare also Proto-Yeniseian *jet (sharp (said of thicker objects with edges)).

Alternatively, related to Proto-Turkic *igne ~ *iŋe (“needle”).[1] Khabtagaeva also entertains the possibility of a Yeniseian origin for the Turkic forms.

Noun

иʼнь (iˀnʲ) n (plural эняӈ (ɛ́nʲaŋ))

  1. (sewing) needle, knitting needle
    Иʼн ӄук ӄаддъӄ хъненам киляӈ ӄота бәнь табераӄ. (Kellog dialect)
    Iˀn qūk qaddʌq hʌnɛnam kilʲaŋ qɔta bə̄nʲ tabɛraq.
    The eye of the needle is so small that I can't thread it.
    Остыган энаӈ такдендаӄдиӈаль бэрюльбетин. (Kellog dialect)
    Ɔstɨɣan ɛnaŋ tagdɛndaqdiŋalʲ bɛrʲulʲbɛtin.
    Traditional Ket knitting needles were made out of honeysuckles.
    Е иʼн. (Surgutiha dialect)
    Ē iˀn.
    A needle made of iron.
  2. (healthcare, medicine) injection
    Ат атбогольэрьэн, кысьнам ат иʼн дабагобильтет. (Kellog dialect)
    Āt atbɔɣɔlʲɛrʲɛn, kɨsʲnam āt iˀn dabaɣɔbilʲtɛt.
    I got sick, and a Russian nurse[2] gave me a shot.

Derived terms

  • инатаӈбалтий (inataŋ-baltij, “wooden needle case”)

Action nominal

иʼнь (iŋʲ) (conjugation I)

  1. (used with transitive, iterative) to thread, threading; to puncture, puncturing using a needle
    Диӈгаптет кънэӈ. (Central Ket dialects)
    Diŋgaptɛt kʌnɛŋ. (d(a)-iŋ-k-a-b-[l]-tɛt)
    I'm stringing together beads.

Pronunciation

References

  1. ^ Khabtagaeva, Bayarma (2019) Language Contact in Siberia: Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic Loanwords in Yeniseian (The languages of Asia series; 19)‎[1], Brill, →ISBN, pages 125-126
  2. ^ Literally, “a Russian woman”.
  3. ^ Georg, Stefan (2007) A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 49
  • Fortescue, Michael, Vajda, Edward (2022) Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 272
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “iˀn (n., enaŋ)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 210
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “iŋ⁷-k⁵-a⁴-[l²]-ted~tek⁰”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 531
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “иʼнь, иʼн (с) [мн. эняӈ]”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎[3], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 41
  • Vajda, Edward (2024) The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[4], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 401
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “²iˀn/²iˀn' (n., Pl. ɛ́n'aŋ)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 390
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “needle”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 311
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