ӄань
Ket
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *qan (“fathom”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /¹qaˑn/, [qaˑnʲ˧]
Noun
ӄань (qānʲ) n (plural ӄаняӈ)
- fathom, an old measure of length roughly equal to 2.1 meters (or 6.9 feet in the imperial system)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *qan (“khan”).[2]
The East Asian title khagan might be from Yeniseian, a word that is supposedly represented in this term.[3][4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /¹qaˑn/, [qaˑnʲ˧]
Noun
ӄань (qānʲ) m (plural ӄаняаӈ)
Etymology 3
Inherited from Proto-Ketic *qan (“may, may it be...”, exhortative particle).[5]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /¹qaˑn/, [qaˑnʲ˧]
Particle
ӄань (qānʲ)
- optative or exhortative particle
References
- ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 633
- ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 633
- ^ Vovin, Alexander (2007), “Once again on the title qaγan”, in Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, number 12, page 184 of 177-184
- ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 645-646
- ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 632
Further reading
- Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 66,81
- Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 287, 543