кеʼй

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *kʰej (“wing”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɛʔj̥˥˧]

Noun

кеʼй (keˀj) n (plural кеӈ, кеӈян)

  1. wing

Usage notes

  • Both кеʼй and its plural кеӈ can be used to refer to an animal's wings, since wings on animals usually come in pairs. кеӈян meanwhile is used to refer to multiple pairs of wings.

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 394

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 420
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 228
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