туӈ

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *tʰuŋ (“leather of reindeer skin, used to make straps”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹tuŋ/, [tuˑŋ˧]

Noun

туӈ (tūŋ) n (plural туӈен)

  1. leather-strap; or rather, leather from reindeer hide, used to make straps, belts and laces

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 920

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 296
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 394-395

Nivkh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuŋ/

Noun

туӈ (tuŋ)

  1. sea lion
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