кига
Ket
Etymology
inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *kʰipʰʌ (“spin yarn”, infinitive verb),[1][2] derived from Proto-Yeniseian *kʰi (“yarn”) + Proto-Yeniseian *pʰʌ (“spin, wind, weave”, infinitive verb).
Alternatively, analyzable as a verbal compound of киʼ (kiˀ, “yarn, spun wool”) + хъ ([n²]-hə⁰, “S. twists, spins, weaves, coils”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /⁵kika/, [ki˩˧ɣa˧˩] ~ [ki˩˧ɣʌ˧˩]
Verb
кига ~ кигъ (kíka ~ kíkə) (action nominal)
Usage notes
- The pronunciation [kiɣʌ] is older than [kiɣa], the latter of which is found by SKR,[3] but both can be found across recorded samples. (Tones omitted for clarity.)
References
- ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=394&root=config
- ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 466
- ^ Werner, Heinrich (2002), Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы[1], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 46
Further reading
- Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 434
- Vajda, Edward J.; Zinn, Marina (2004), Kotorova, Elizaveta G., editor, Морфологический словарь кетского глагола (in Russian), Tomsk: Томского государственного педагогического университет (TGPU), page 160?
- Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 556?
Moksha
Pronoun
кига • (kiga)
References
- O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 11