ӄоʼ

Ket

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *qaʌ ~ *qagʌ (“horn”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qɔʔ˥˧]

Noun

ӄоʼ (qoˀ) n (plural ӄоʼӈ or ӄоӈен)

  1. horn, antler

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *qaʌɢʌ (“star”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qɔʔ˥˧]

Noun

ӄоʼ (qoˀ) f or n (plural ӄоон)

  1. star (bright spots on the night sky)
Usage notes
  • Southern and Central Ket varieties also use ӄог and ӄогә respectively.
  • This term, 'star', and the term below, 'Lilium superbum', can be confused for one another by Ket speakers, as evident by the feminine-class inflection patterns for a 'neuter-gender/inanimate' noun.

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *qagʌ ~ *qak (“edible bulb of a forest lily”).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qɔʔ˥˧]

Noun

ӄоʼ (qoˀ) f (plural ӄоон)

  1. Turk's cap lily (a flower with edible bulbs, Lilium superbum)

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 671
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 705
  3. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 678

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 121-122
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 299-300
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