Юг

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *dʲuk ~ *juk (“Yug”, exonym).[1] Also see Yug Дьуʼк (Dʲuˀk, “Yug”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [juˑɣ˧], [juɣ̥˥˩], [jux˥˩]

Noun

Юг ~ Юх (Jùk ~ Jūk) m (plural Югень or Югунь)

  1. Yug person, Yug people (term used for men)

Usage notes

  • For Yug women, Ket Юӄӄам (Júqqam, “Yug woman”) is used.
  • This proper noun features the non-native initial sound [j], which almost never features on anlaut position in Ket.

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 259, 373
  2. ^ Werner, Heinrich K. (2012), Vajda, Edward J., editor, Dictionary of the Yugh language (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 47), Muenchen: Lincom GmbH, →ISBN, page 94

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 398
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 223
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