моратбок

Ket

Etymology

Compound of мора (“sea, ocean”) +‎ -д (possessive noun connector) +‎ боʼк (“fire”).

Noun

моратбок (mɔ́ratbok) n

  1. northern lights, aurora borealis
    Кәт ътннаӈт моратбок оньаӈ. (Kellog dialect)
    Kə̄t ʌtnnaŋt mɔratbɔk ɔnʲaŋ.
    In winter, we see the aurora borealis a lot.
    Морьатбокдиӈаль сьи къням. (Kellog dialect)
    Mɔrʲatbɔkdiŋalʲ sʲī kʌnʲam.
    Northern lights brighten the night.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɔ˧˥.ˈrat.boˑk˥˧], [mɔ˧˥.ˈrat.bɔˑk˥˧]

References

  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “moradbok <rus.> (n., no pl.)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 268
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “mɔ́ratboˑk”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 21
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