кәт

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ket"

Ket

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *kʰʌdʌ (weasel, mink).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɤˑd̥˧], [kɤˑt˧]

Noun

кәт (kə̄dm (plural къряӈ)

  1. marten (Siberian polecat)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *kʰʌtʰʌ (winter).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɤˑd̥˧], [kɤˑt˧]

Noun

кәт (kə̄tn (no plural)

  1. winter (season)
Usage notes
  • Northern Ket varieties use кәте (kə̄te) instead.

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 436
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 452

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 475
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 248, 255-256