хуʼн

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *pʰun (“daughter”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [huʔn̥˥˧], [huʔn̥ʲ˥˧]

Noun

хуʼн (huˀn) f (plural хоняӈ)

  1. daughter; little girl, girl

Usage notes

  • A common variant with a palatalized auslaut, хуʼнь, is also used throughout Ket varieties, albeit it is used less than хуʼн.

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 583

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 331
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 195
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