кинь

See also: кінь and Appendix:Variations of "kin"

Ket

Alternative forms

  • кынсь (kɨ̄nsʲ), кыньсь (kɨ̄nʲsʲ) (common varieties)

Etymology

From earlier kin' (kinʲ),[1] from Proto-Ketic *kinʲ, which is inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *koj (“worm, maggot”). Cognate with Yug кинь (kīnʲ) and Kott hoi, hon (“worm, worms”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kiˑnʲ˧], [kiˑn̥ʲ˧˩]

Noun

кинь (kīnʲ) m or f (plural either кинь (kìnʲ),[2] кыснь (kɨ̀snʲ) or кынсьин (kɨ̄nsʲin))

  1. (zoology) worm; either earth- or fishworm; bark beetle, caterpillar
    Аʼӄ-иилиӈ-кинь. (Baklaniha dialect)
    Aˀq iːliŋ kīnʲ.
    Caterpillar.
    (literally, “Tree-eating-worm.”)
    Исьд ъъта кин найдеин. (Kellog dialect)
    Isʲd ʌːta kīn najdɛin.
    A small fishworm is slithering on the meat.
    Эн сьыы аӄнаӈтен кыснь оняӈ. (Kellog dialect)
    Ɛn sʲɨ́ɨ̀ aqnaŋtɛn kɨsʲnʲ ɔnʲaŋ.
    There are a lot of bark beetles on trees this year.
    Кыньсь тисюк. (Sulomay dialect)
    Kɨnʲsʲ tisʲuk.
    The earthworm crawls on.
  2. (sociology, religion, shamanism) amulet; specifically, a necklace in shape of a worm made out of lead to ward off illness
    Онь кысн минэсьдиӈаль даӈабетин, туниль дииляӈӄаӈарен, кеʼт бәнь арёгот. (Kellog dialect)
    Ɔnʲ kɨsn minɛsʲdiŋalʲ daŋabɛtin, tunilʲ diːlʲaŋqaŋarɛn, kɛˀt bə̄nʲ arʲɔɣɔt.
    Seven amulets are first made out of lead, then they are "fed",[3] so the person does not get sick.
    Хъня дылд къӄтдиӈтен кынсь аӈапта. (Kellog dialect)
    Hʌnʲa dɨld kʌqtdiŋtɛn kɨnsʲ aŋapta.
    The little girl has an amulet around her neck.

Usage notes

Although dictionaries usualy list кинь (kīnʲ), кынсь (kɨsnʲ) was more common in vernacular speech, especially in Central and Southern dialects as can be seen through usage examples above. The origin of the extraneous -s- is unclear.

References

  1. ^ Werner, Heinrich (2005) “kin' (Ad)”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 47
  2. ^ Georg, Stefan (2007) A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 98
  3. ^ The worm-shaped amulets are put next to bread to 'feed' them, a ritualistic ceremony.
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “kīn (f)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 232
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “kɨns₁ (m/f)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 237
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*kinʲ”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 400
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “кинь (м) [мн. кинь]”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎[1], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 46
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “¹kiˑn' (II)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 436
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “worm”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 334

Moksha

Pronoun

кинь • (kiń)

  1. indefinite singular genitive of кие (kije)

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʲinʲ]

Verb

кинь • (kinʹ)

  1. second-person singular imperative perfective of ки́нуть (kínutʹ)
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