аӄӄут

Ket

Etymology

Compound of екӈ (ēkŋ, “thunder”) +‎ ӄоʼт (qoˀt, “road, way; winter trail”).[1] Also compare Ket Аккът (ákkʌt, “Thunder-child”, mythological figure, also a given name).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aq˩˧.ɢut˧˩], [aq˩˧.qɔt˧˩]

Noun

аӄӄут (áqqut, áqqot) n (no plural)

  1. (rare) rainbow

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 277

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 51-52
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