Abstract
AbstractThere are six different terms to refer to the ‘face’ in Buryat. The aim of the present paper is to clarify the difference in the usage of all these various terms: which one is used as a body part anatomically, which one is used mostly with metaphorical meanings, which one has a common meaning as appearance, or whether all of them are used equally in all categories. The terms are explored from etymological, semantic and morphological aspects.
Highlights
In Buryat,1 six terms are used to refer to the ‘face’, including nyūr, šarai, šeg, zühen, dürse and xamar aman, which all cover the same area in the front of the head excluding the ears
The aim of the present paper is to clarify the difference in the usage of all these various terms: which one is used as a body part anatomically, which one is used mostly with metaphorical meanings, which one has a common meaning as appearance, or whether all of them are used in all categories
The aim of the present paper is to clarify the difference in the usage of all these various terms for ‘face’ in Buryat: which one is used as a body part anatomically, which one is used mostly with metaphorical meanings, which one has a common meaning as appearance, or whether all of them are used in all categories
Summary
In Buryat, six terms are used to refer to the ‘face’, including nyūr, šarai, šeg, zühen, dürse and xamar aman, which all cover the same area in the front of the head excluding the ears. The aim of the present paper is to clarify the difference in the usage of all these various terms for ‘face’ in Buryat: which one is used as a body part anatomically, which one is used mostly with metaphorical meanings, which one has a common meaning as appearance, or whether all of them are used in all categories. It will be investigated whether the etymological background of the words may help to determine the usage of the terms.. My work is based both on native language knowledge and available Buryat lexicographic works (Čeremisov 1973; Cydendambaev 1954; Buryat corpus; Dugar-Nimaev 1979)
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