ӄима

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *qima ~ *qema (“grandmother, the eldest female person of a tribe, clan or family”).[1] Alternatively, analyzable as a compound of ӄя (qà, “big, elder-”) +‎ ам (ām, “mother”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qi˩˧.ma˧˩]

Noun

ӄима (qíma) f (plural ӄимаӈ)

  1. grandmother

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 666

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 86
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 294
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