бөӄ

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *baɢ (“mitten”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹boˑq/, [boˑq˧]

Noun

бөӄ (bōq) n (plural бөн, боон)

  1. mitten, handshoe, glove

Usage notes

  • бөӄ refers to a single mitten while бөн (bōn) or боон (bóòn) can be used to refer to both a pair and multiple pairs of mittens.
    • Northern Ket varieties, however, distinguish бөн/боон (a pair) and боӄон (bóqon, multiple pairs).

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=235&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 159

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 146
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 129-130
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