ӄаʼ

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *qa (“word”), possibly from earlier *qag.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qaʔ˥˧]

Noun

ӄаʼ (qaˀ) n (plural ӄаань)

  1. word; question
  2. language
  3. news

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 615

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 78
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 279
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