ӄу

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *qugʌ (“quiet, still”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹qu/, [quˑ˧]

Adjective

ӄу (qū)

  1. still, windless; quiet, meek

Adverb

ӄу ~ ӄук (qū ~ qūk)

  1. windlessly; quietly, meekly

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 720-721

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 140, 141
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 321
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