Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/bus

This Proto-Yeniseian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Yeniseian

Alternative reconstructions

  • *bɨˀs (per Werner 2002)
  • *bɯˀs (per Vajda-Werner 2022)
  • *bɯʧ, *bɯc (per Cologne group 2023 & 2024. Pattern: b.1-s.1)

Noun

*bus (plural *bus-Vŋ)

  1. (anatomy) penis, male genital organ
    Coordinate terms: *ɬaws, *tɬadʳ (“vulva, female genital organ”)

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Imbak Ket: buis (M., W., Kl.)
      • Ket: быʼсь (bɨˀsʲ)
      • ⇒ Ket: быстин (bɨ́stin, “bee, wasp”, literally “penis-of-needle”)
      • ⇒ Ket: быспултет (bɨ́sbultet, “sting (said of bees and wasps)”, literally “penis-foot-it hits”)
    • Ostyak Yug: da-buis (“his dick”) (M.)
      • Yug: быʼс (bɨˀs), быыʼс (bɨːˀs)
  • Kottic:
    • Assan: puš (M., W., Kl.)
    • Kott: puš (M., W., Kl., C.)
  • Arinic:
    • Arin: poš (M., W., Kl.)
  • Pumpokol:
    • Pumpokol: kútte (M., W.; k- is unexplained, perhaps a recording error?)

See also

  • Proto-Yeniseian entry guidelines § Bibliography

Further reading

  • Bonmann, Svenja; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Hill, Eugen (2023), “b.1 (Table 28)”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part I: Word-Initial Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics‎[1], number 5, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 70 of 39-82
  • Hill, Eugen; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Svenja, Bonmann (2024), “'penis'”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part II: Word-Final Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics‎[2], number 6, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 252 of 216-293
  • Hill, Eugen; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Svenja, Bonmann (2024), “Coda-s.1 (Table 21)”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part II: Word-Final Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics‎[3], number 6, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 279 of 216-293
  • Fortescue, Michael; Vajda, Edward (2022), “PY *u”, in Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎[4], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*bɯˀs”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 1, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 178
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “²bɨˀs'”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 160
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), “penis”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 314
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