ӄя

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *qa ~ *qaʌ (“big, large, great”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /⁴qa/, [qæ˥˩]

Adjective

ӄя (qà)

  1. big, large
  2. older, elder, senior (for interpersonal relations)

Adverb

ӄя (qà)

  1. strongly, enormously, very

Usage notes

  • Central and Northern Ket varieties use ӄэʼ (qeˀ) instead.

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=787&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 615-616

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 58
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 279-280
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