хыʼй

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *pʰɯj (“great horned owl”, Bubo bubo), possibly from earlier *pʰɯk, an onomatopoeic word.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hɯʔj̥˥˧]

Noun

хыʼй (hɨˀj) m (plural хыкӈ)

  1. eagle owl, great horned owl (sp. Bubo bubo)

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 602

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 348
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 187
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