беʼсь

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *bes (“rabbit”). Cognate with Yug бе’сь (beˀs), Kott peš, Arin sajpič (“bat”, literally “night-rabbits”) and Pumpokol but.

Noun

беʼсь (bɛˀsʲ) f

  1. hare, wild rabbit
    Ат беʼсь датоӈ. (Kellog dialect)
    Āt bɛˀsʲ datɔŋ.
    I see a hare.
    Ат бесьдиӈа даан ӄъндаӈисьабет. (Pakuliha dialect)
    Āt bɛsʲdiŋa dáàn [t]qʌndaŋisʲabɛt.
    I fed the hare with grass.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɛʔsʲ˥˧]

Derived terms

  • беськит (besʲkit, “baby hare, young of wild rabbit”)
  • бесьлисяӈ (besʲlisʲaŋ, “fur of rabbits, fluff”)
  • бесьнно (besʲnnó, “hare-hunt”)
  • бесям (besʲam, “hare fur coat”)

References

  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), “beˀs”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 117
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “бе’сь ж [мн. бесьн]”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎[1], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 22
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “(2) bɛˀs' (f., Pl. bɛs'n)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 119
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