тэт

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tet"

Southern Selkup

Southern Selkup cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : тэт
    Ordinal : тэ́тэмҗэл
Regional variants of тэт
Chumel dialects
Narym тэт
Tyuj dialects
Upper Ob тиэтт

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *tettə. Compare to Nganasan четә and Tundra Nenets тет (tyet°).

Numeral

тэт (tet) (Narym)

  1. four
    • 2022, Grogorij Korotkih, Современный язык нарымских селькупов (overall work in Russian), page 15:
      Тэбня́ мана́ндо тэт пот варӷ эк.
      The brother is four years older than me.

Further reading

  • G.V. Korotkih (2022) Современный язык нарымских селькупов [The modern language of Narym Selkups], Tomsk: Соиздательство ценных книг «Грасион», →ISBN, page 67 of 150

Southern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *tət. Cognates include Northern Yukaghir тэт (tet).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

тэт (tet) (possessive determiner тэт, possessive pronoun тэтльэ, emphatic pronoun тэтидиэ)

  1. thou, you (singular)

Declension

Declension of тэт
Singular Plural
nominative тэт (tet) тит (tit)
predicative тэтэк (tetek) титэк (titek)
accusative (I) тэтул (tetul) титул (titul)
accusative (II) тэткэлэ (tetkele) титкэлэ (titkele)
instrumental тэтин (tetin) титин (titin)
dative тэтлэ (tetle) титлэ (title)
locative тэткэ (tetke) титкэ (titke)
ablative тэткэт (tetket) титкэт (titket)
prolative тэткэн (tetken) титкэн (titken)
comitative тэтньэ (tetnʹe) титньэ (titnʹe)

See also

Southern Yukaghir personal pronouns
First Second Third
singular мэт (met) тэт (tet) тудэл (tudel)
plural мит (mit) тит (tit) титтэл (tittel)

Determiner

тэт (tet)

  1. thy, your (singular possessor)

See also

Southern Yukaghir possessives
First Second Third
determiner singular мэт (met) тэт (tet) тудэ (tude)
plural мит (mit) тит (tit) титтэ (titte)
pronoun singular мэтльэ (metlʹe) тэтльэ (tetlʹe) тудэльэ (tudelʹe)
plural митльэ (mitlʹe) титльэ (titlʹe) титтэльэ (tittelʹe)

References

  • I. A. Nikolaeva, V. G. Shalugin (2002) Словарь Юкагирско-русский и русско-юкагирский (Верхнеколымский диалект) [Yukaghir-Russian and Russian-Yukaghir dictionary (Upper Kolyma dialect)], Saint Petersburg: Дрофа, →ISBN, page 70
  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 555
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