хиг

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *pʰigʌ (“man”), conceivably an ancient Uralic loanword.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hiˑk͉˧], [hiˑɣ˧]

Noun

хиг (hīk) m (plural хо’нь)

  1. man (adult male human being)
  2. husband

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 561

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 320
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 183
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