каʼӈ

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *kʰaŋ (“hole in paper, textile, et cetera”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kaʔŋ̥˥˧]

Noun

каʼӈ (kaˀŋ) n (plural каӈен)

  1. hole (in flat material, like cloth, paper, leather, et cetera)
Usage notes
  • For holes in ground and or snow, ӄук is used.

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 381

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 417
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 226
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