Verbs of figurative characteristics of movement in the Khanty language (on the basis of the Synskij dialect)

Introduction. The relevance of the research topic is determined by the insuffcient knowledge of the lexico-semantic group of verbs in dialects of the Khanty language; this group of motion verbs was not the object of special research. The verbs of this semantics were not considered in a comparative aspect. The paper makes the classifcation of these verbs in the English and Turkic languages: Chuvash, Tatar, Tuvan, and Uzbek. The subject of the study is the lexico-semantic group of verbs of fgurative characteristics of the movement of the Khanty language. The goal of the study is to identify and describe the verbs with the meaning of the image characteristics of the movement in the Synskij dialect. Materials and Methods. Based on the dialect of the Khanty language, the article considers the lexico-semantic group of verbs of the fgurative characteristic of motion. Results and Discussion. The classifcation of verbs of fgurative characteristics of motion in the Synskij dialect of the Khanty language is presented for the frst time. We have identifed 5 verbs in the semantics of which the fgurative component is incorporated: hrjõytti ‘grab by the arm (or by the collar) and drag by force, carry on quickly, drag along, carry awayʼ; lўnity, ‘drag along, go slowlyʼ, ‘go as a person wearing wet clothesʼ, ‘go as a drunk manʼ; posyjty ‘go somehowʼ, walk unwillingly, with lazinessʼ; shihrjemәty ‘go around shuffingʼ; shhivrjemәty ‘to walk, shuffingʼ. These verbs are not combined with adverbial modifer meaning action. Conclusion. It touches upon about 17 varieties of fgurative meanings, which are transmitted by special means, namely phraseological expressions, combinations of verbs with verbal participles, adverbs, verbal preverbs. The groups of fgurative verbs of the Khanty language are compared with similar units in the Nenets and some Turkic languages; it reveals the meaning specifc to the Khanty language with the fgurative semantics: meaning of human movement, moving by making frequent steps / large steps; rapid movement; movement of the kolobok (rolling); meaning ‘go bent’; onomatopoeia, etc.