Semantic structure of the verb vŭty / viŋkvе ‘to take’ in the Khanty language (against the background of the Mansi language)
Ob-Ugric Institute of Applied Researches and Development, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation, solovarv@mail.ru
ABSTRACT
Introduction: semantic structure of the verb in the Ob-Ugric languages is at the initial stage of study. The article examines the polysemantic verb vŭty / viŋkve ‘to take, take’ on the material of the Kazym dialect of the Khanty language and the Sosva dialect of the
Mansi language; the identified meanings of the verb need to be described and compared.
Objective: to identify the semantics of the polysemantic verb vŭty / viŋkve in the Ob-Ugric languages, to clarify and systematize the interpretations of the verb, and to identify similarities and differences.
Research materials: sentences with the verb vŭty / viŋkve in the Kazym dialect of the Khanty language and the Sosva dialect of the Mansi language, collected by the author from informants and extracted from texts.
Results and novelty of the research: For the first time, a comprehensive list of meanings for the verb vŭty / viŋkve, which forms the core of the lexical-semantic group of Khanty and Mansi action verbs, has been identified. The distinctive semantic features of these verbs are described, the relationships between these verbs and the features of their combinability are determined, as well as the primary and derived lexical-semantic variants of their meanings. The verb meanings are recorded, and the semantic structure of the polysemantic verb is presented. A comparison of the verbs in the two languages reveals that the primary meanings of the verb vŭty / viŋkve are identical. Some meanings of this verb have specific meanings in the Khanty and Mansi languages.
Key words: Khanty language, Mansi language, semantics, ambiguity, lexical and semantic group, action verbs
Acknowledgments: the author expresses the gratitude to his informants.
For citation: Solovar V. N. Semantic structure of the verb vŭty / viŋkvе ‘to take’ in the Khanty language (against the background of the Mansi language) // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2026; 16 (2/65): 268–275. DOI: 10.30624/2220-4156-2026-16-2-268-275
