ӄурь

Ket

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *qugʌdʲʌ (pike, fish).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /⁴qud/, [quɾ̥ʲ˥˩]

Noun

ӄурь (qùdʲm (plural ӄукӈ)

  1. pike (type of fish, from genus Esox)
Usage notes
  • Central and Northern Ket varieties use ӄудә (qùdə) and ӄури (qùdi) respectively instead.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *quˀʌdʲʌ (make magic, shamanize, infinitive verb).[3][4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /⁴qud/, [quɾ̥ʲ˥˩] [Action nominal]
  • IPA(key): /…qud/, […quɾ̥ʲ] [Finite verb]

Verb

ӄурь (qùdʲ, [l²]-qud⁰) (action nominal, conjugation class I or IV)

  1. performing shamanistic rituals, the act of shamanizing [Action nominal]
  2. (intransitive, atelic) subject practices shamanism, makes magic [Conjugation class I or IV]
Usage notes
  • In Central and Northern Ket dialects, verb stems ӄудә (qùdə) and ӄури (qùdi) are used respectively instead, all broadly and phonemically analyzed as /qùd/.

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=819&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 720
  3. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=577&root=config
  4. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 720

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 131, 138-139
  • Vajda, Edward J.; Zinn, Marina (2004), Kotorova, Elizaveta G., editor, Морфологический словарь кетского глагола (in Russian), Tomsk: Томского государственного педагогического университет (TGPU), page 184
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 321-322, 608