эӈӈуӈ

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *ɛŋɢuŋ (“village”, plural form of *íŋqus).[1] Most likely shares an origin with or a nominalized inflection of Ket иӈӷусь (íŋqusʲ, “house”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛŋ˩˧.ŋuŋ̥˧˩], [ɛ˩˧.ŋːuŋ̥˧˩]

Noun

эӈӈуӈ (éŋquŋ) n (no plural)

  1. village, settlement

Usage notes

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 289

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 237
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 170
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