“Nominal Trees” (<i>нимтуло</i><i>писпу</i>) in Microtoponymy of Udmurts

The names of certain trees in the local topography of the Udmurt Republic are discussed. The frequency of use of the names of the trees in the microtoponyms is revealed. The lexical-semantic types of microtoponymic names associating with everyday phenomena (activities of the inhabitants of a particu...

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Autores principales: T. G. Vladykina, L. E. Kirillova
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5cbea5f2b4f748a28a3f3b688947170d2021-12-02T07:58:02Z“Nominal Trees” (<i>нимтуло</i><i>писпу</i>) in Microtoponymy of Udmurts2225-756X2227-129510.24224/2227-1295-2017-11-232-246https://doaj.org/article/5cbea5f2b4f748a28a3f3b688947170d2017-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/572https://doaj.org/toc/2225-756Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2227-1295The names of certain trees in the local topography of the Udmurt Republic are discussed. The frequency of use of the names of the trees in the microtoponyms is revealed. The lexical-semantic types of microtoponymic names associating with everyday phenomena (activities of the inhabitants of a particular locus, events and experiences of certain people) or reflecting the links with the system of calendar and family rites are identified and analyzed. It is noted that “the names” of trees-characters as private manifestation of an archaic cult of trees marked the area, denoting sacred space of concrete calendar or family ritual, symbolized the centre of the Universe within a concrete locus. The authors give information that the villagers celebrated the coming of spring and the first out in the field ( гуджор , акашка ), summer peak ( гэршид / трочин¢ ) and summer end ( гэрбэр ) near such trees. The tree in the context of the rite also symbolized the natural stairs as one of the ways of ascension sacrifice to the gods. The tree marked the border of “alien” and “own” space: here one “met” relatives of groom, or “parted” (with a recruit). The recruiting rituals explicit mythological idea of a tree as the deputy of the human soul. The authors conclude that the most common for microtoponymy of Udmurt Republic are the names of the trees that retain echoes of pre-Christian religious beliefs associated with the notions of spirits - hosts of nature, most often about “the forest man” / “the forest owner” ( н ¢ улэсмурт ), gifts to him are usually presented under the fir tree ( њаз ¢ эг/с ¢ ийон ¢ н ¢ и ). The microtoponyms associated with the cult of ancestors are also of such frequency. The belief in the necessity of feeding the souls of the dead relatives, especially parents, are saved in the names of the trees that “took” a memorial sacrifice ( лы / куйан , йыр-пыд/с ¢ отон ). The microtoponyms given in the article are analyzed in the context of a mythological worldview and a broad typological correspondences with Slavic and other Finno-Ugric peoples.T. G. VladykinaL. E. KirillovaTsentr nauchnykh i obrazovatelnykh proektovarticleudmurt languagemicrotoponymsnames of treeslexico-semantic types of namesa tree in the picture of the worlda tree as a centre of the universea tree as stairsa tree as a bordera tree as a deputy of the soula tree as the ancestorSlavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languagesPG1-9665RUНаучный диалог, Vol 0, Iss 11, Pp 232-246 (2017)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language RU
topic udmurt language
microtoponyms
names of trees
lexico-semantic types of names
a tree in the picture of the world
a tree as a centre of the universe
a tree as stairs
a tree as a border
a tree as a deputy of the soul
a tree as the ancestor
Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages
PG1-9665
spellingShingle udmurt language
microtoponyms
names of trees
lexico-semantic types of names
a tree in the picture of the world
a tree as a centre of the universe
a tree as stairs
a tree as a border
a tree as a deputy of the soul
a tree as the ancestor
Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages
PG1-9665
T. G. Vladykina
L. E. Kirillova
“Nominal Trees” (<i>нимтуло</i><i>писпу</i>) in Microtoponymy of Udmurts
description The names of certain trees in the local topography of the Udmurt Republic are discussed. The frequency of use of the names of the trees in the microtoponyms is revealed. The lexical-semantic types of microtoponymic names associating with everyday phenomena (activities of the inhabitants of a particular locus, events and experiences of certain people) or reflecting the links with the system of calendar and family rites are identified and analyzed. It is noted that “the names” of trees-characters as private manifestation of an archaic cult of trees marked the area, denoting sacred space of concrete calendar or family ritual, symbolized the centre of the Universe within a concrete locus. The authors give information that the villagers celebrated the coming of spring and the first out in the field ( гуджор , акашка ), summer peak ( гэршид / трочин¢ ) and summer end ( гэрбэр ) near such trees. The tree in the context of the rite also symbolized the natural stairs as one of the ways of ascension sacrifice to the gods. The tree marked the border of “alien” and “own” space: here one “met” relatives of groom, or “parted” (with a recruit). The recruiting rituals explicit mythological idea of a tree as the deputy of the human soul. The authors conclude that the most common for microtoponymy of Udmurt Republic are the names of the trees that retain echoes of pre-Christian religious beliefs associated with the notions of spirits - hosts of nature, most often about “the forest man” / “the forest owner” ( н ¢ улэсмурт ), gifts to him are usually presented under the fir tree ( њаз ¢ эг/с ¢ ийон ¢ н ¢ и ). The microtoponyms associated with the cult of ancestors are also of such frequency. The belief in the necessity of feeding the souls of the dead relatives, especially parents, are saved in the names of the trees that “took” a memorial sacrifice ( лы / куйан , йыр-пыд/с ¢ отон ). The microtoponyms given in the article are analyzed in the context of a mythological worldview and a broad typological correspondences with Slavic and other Finno-Ugric peoples.
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title_short “Nominal Trees” (<i>нимтуло</i><i>писпу</i>) in Microtoponymy of Udmurts
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