доʼӈ

Ket

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *doˀŋ (pus),[1][2] with parallels seen in distantly related Kott (Kott takŋ (pus [German gloss: Eiter])[3][4]), possibly derived from Proto-Yeniseian *tʰo (water, liquid) with the addition of Proto-Yeniseian *-ŋ (inanimate-class plural and/or collective noun suffix).

The 'brain' sense is a semantic shift from the first sense.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²doŋ/, [dɔʔɔ̯ŋ̥˥˧]

Noun

доʼӈ (doˀŋn (no plural)

  1. pus
  2. brain

Etymology 2

Ket numbers (edit)
30[a], [b]
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: доʼӈ
    Counting form: доӈам inan, доӈаӈ anim
    Ordinal: доӈамась
    Distributive: доӈамся, доӈаӈся
    Multiplicative: доӈа

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *doŋ (three).[5][6]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²doŋ/, [dɔʔɔ̯ŋ̥˥˧]

Numeral

доʼӈ (doˀŋ) (counting form доӈаӈ anim, доӈам inan)

  1. three

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=303&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 213
  3. ^ Matthias Alexander Castrén, Versuch Einer Jenissei-Ostjakischen Und Kottischen Sprachlehre: Nebst Aus Den Genannten Sprachen, St. Petersburg: Leopold Voss Publisher, 1858, page 216
  4. ^ Werner, Heinrich K. (2003), Röhrborn, Klaus, Schellbach-Kopra, Ingrid, editors, M. A. Castrén und die Jenissejistik: Die Jennisej-Sprachen des 19. Jahrhunderts (Veröffentlichungen des Societas Uralo-Altaica; 62) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 119
  5. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=297&root=config
  6. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 215

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 203
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 153