Basic Color Terms in Khanty

Авторы
N. B. Koshkareva
The Khanty language contains the minimum number of words ‒
color terms. For “black”, the word “pity” is used, presumably related to the
single root “pătlam” “dark”, for “white” ‒ the word “nŏvi”, meaning also
“light”, “moon”, for “red” ‒ the word “wŭrty” (from “wŭr” ‘blood’). One word
“wŏsty” is used for the undifferentiated designation of shades of the yellow-
green-blue spectrum. Currently, the differentiation of color terms is achieved by
using phrases with the base word, which is a comparison standard (“blue as the
sky”, “green as the grass”, etc.).
DOI
10.25205/2307-1737-2020-2-152-166
Аннотация

The Khanty language contains the minimum number of words ‒
color terms. For “black”, the word “pity” is used, presumably related to the
single root “pătlam” “dark”, for “white” ‒ the word “nŏvi”, meaning also
“light”, “moon”, for “red” ‒ the word “wŭrty” (from “wŭr” ‘blood’). One word
“wŏsty” is used for the undifferentiated designation of shades of the yellow-
green-blue spectrum. Currently, the differentiation of color terms is achieved by
using phrases with the base word, which is a comparison standard (“blue as the
sky”, “green as the grass”, etc.).

Keywords
Uralic languages of Siberia, Khanty language, Kazym dialect, basic color terms

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