къън

Ket

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʌːn̥˩˥˧]

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *kʌɢʌn (“fox”).[1]

Noun

къън (kə́ə̀n) f (plural кән)

  1. fox
Usage notes
  • A disyllabic variant, къӷын is also used much more rarely, especially in Southern Ket varieties.

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 449

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 469
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 253
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