Nominations of berries in the dialects of the Khanty language

• Published in: Finno-Ugric World
• Main Author: Fedosia M. Lelkhova
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: National Research Mordova State University; MRSU 2020
• Subjects: finno-ugric languages; khanty language; dialect; vocabulary; phytonymy; vegetable world; Philology. Linguistics; P1-1091; khanty; taiga
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15507/2076-2577.012.2020.01.006-011; https://doaj.org/article/f41299afc26648b6affe5d3a5f58ed48

Introduction. The article describes the names of berries and berry bushes in the dialects of the Khanty language. The aim of the paper is to systematize and describe the semantics of this lexical and semantic group of words and to identify dialectal features. Materials and Methods. The study is mainly based on the fieldwork materials collected by the author during the expeditions to the places of compact residence of the Synsky Khanty, as well as the materials from lexicographic sources. The main research methods are descriptive, component analysis, and elements of comparative method. Research and Discussion. In Khanty linguistics there is no research on the nomination of the plans, only a few random works. In the Khanty language there is a developed dialect synonymy with several names used to refer to the same plant. For the first time this research gives some names of berries, specifies translation, identifiesa and describes sacred names of berries. Conclusion. The presented material of this lexical and semantic group shows the richness and vastness of the vocabulary of the plants, which relates to the economic and cultural life of the taiga people, allows a better understanding of their linguistics.