сесь

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ses"

Carpathian Rusyn

Pronoun

сесь • (sesʹ) m

  1. (demonstrative) that, that one

Ket

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲeˑsʲ˧], [sʲeˑsʲ˧˥][1]

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *çaç (“river”). Perhaps related to Navajo séí (“sand”), see the Proto-Yeniseian page for more.

Historical forms

  • 18th century Ket: ses, sês (Castrén); ses (Müller, Pallas); schösch, šöš (Messerschmidt)
  • 19th century Ket: sis', ses', zas, sis, šiš, sɨs, cɨs, čes (Adelung); ses, seːs, žes (Klaproth)
  • 20th century Ket: sôs (Bouda)

Noun

сесь (sʲēˑsʲ, sʲésʲ) n (plural сясь (sʲàsʲ))

  1. (geography, hydrology) river
    • c. 1981, T. I. Toporov, Сказки Народов Сибирского Севера page 92:
      Бу аслинясь огон къʼ ӄоляп сесьдиӈа.
      Bū aslinʲasʲ ɔɣɔn kʌˀ qɔlʲap sʲēsʲdiŋa.
      He crossed the river by the summer-boat[2] to the other side.
    • c. 1999, H. K. Werner, Песнь о моём брате page 215:
      Буӈ толяӈгътн сясьдиӈ исьӄо.
      Būŋ tɔlʲaŋgʌtn sʲasʲdiŋ isʲqɔ.
      They went across [multiple] rivers to fish.
  2. (onomastics) fossilized element in various hydronyms, with the meaning "river"[3]

See also

  • Yeniseian entry guidelines § Historical bibliography

References

  1. ^ Georg, Stefan (2007), A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 76
  2. ^ Footnote: Specifically, a boat that is deployed in summer to escape and live out the hot summer months (July-August) riverfaring in the mosquito-infested west bank of the Yenisei. This types of boats are called Ilimki boats.
  3. ^ Werner, Heinrich (2002), “Ketische Toponyme”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 3, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 34-42

Further reading

  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), “sēs”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 341-342
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “сесь (с)”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎[1], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 76
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “1s'e·s'”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 191
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), “river (fluvius)”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 316-317
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