°ӄосӽ

Itelmen

Alternative forms
  • косх, кошӽ, когх, ксхой, кошх, ӄёшх

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *qətʀə(n) (“dog”). Compare Chukchi ыттʼын (ʔəttʔən) and Koryak гʼытгʼын (ʁətʁən).

Noun

°ӄосӽ (°qosχ) (plural °ӄсӽаʼн)

  1. dog
    Исх’эн ԓӄукинэ’н °ӄсӽа’н. Кма водерэн тԓэнуӄучэ’н эннун °ӄсӽа’н
    Father had dogs. I always fed these dogs.

References
  • E. Kasten, M. Dürr (2015). Itelmen texts : a preliminary linguistic analysis
  • M. Dürr, M. Risler, D. Kester, M. Krauss, A. Volodin, E. Kasten, K. Khaloymova, J. Bobalik, Ch. Ono (2021). Полный ительменско-русский словарь
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