ӄык

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *qɯkʰ ~ *qʌkʰ (“summer trail”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹qɨk/, [qɯˑk˧]

Noun

ӄык (qɨ̄k) n (plural ӄыксеӈ or ӄынеӈ)

  1. summer trail (migratory route)
Usage notes
  • For migratory routes taken in winter, ӄоʼт is used.

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=793&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 748

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 154
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 297
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