ilsém

Pumpokol

Alternative forms

  • ilsèm (M.)
  • ilzem (VW.)

Etymology

Composed of *il- (“partner”) +‎ *sem (“woman”).[1]

Noun

ilsém (W.)

  1. (sociology) wife
    Coordinate term: ilsét (“husband”)

References

  1. ^ Hill, Eugen; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Svenja, Bonmann (2024), “'woman, wife'f”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part II: Word-Final Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics‎[1], number 6, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 269 of 216-293

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 182
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