эʼ

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *ɛˀ (“yes!”, interjection), also compared to distantly related Kott ôk (“yes!, surely!”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛʔ˥˧]

Interjection

эʼ (eˀ)

  1. yes!, well!; hey!

References

  1. ^ Matthias Alexander Castrén, Versuch Einer Jenissei-Ostjakischen Und Kottischen Sprachlehre: Nebst Aus Den Genannten Sprachen, St. Petersburg: Leopold Voss Publisher, 1858, page 202
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 262

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 256
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 161
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