ӄурь

Ket

Alternative forms

  • ӄудь (qùdʲ) (Derhotacized variant, Southern dialects)[1]
  • ӄуурь (qùːrʲ) (Southern dialects)
  • ӄудә (qùdə) (Central dialects)
  • ӄуди (qùdi), ӄурә (qùrə), ӄуурьи (qùːrʲi) (Northern dialects)

Etymology

From 18th century Imbak Ket kxuude, xúudža, inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ɢujx (pike).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qud̥ʲ˥˩], [quɾ̥ʲ˥˩]

Noun

ӄурь (qùrʲm (plural ӄукӈ (qukŋ))

  1. (fishing) pike, skewer-like implement used to catch fish
    Есегандаӄ оӈниӈ ӄурь. (Sulomay dialect)
    Ɛsɛɣandaq ɔŋniŋ qùɾʲ.
    Cast a pike into the roe.

References

  1. ^ Georg, Stefan (2007) A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 54
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward (2024) “Evolution of coda *x, *xʷ, *χ”, in The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[1], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 425

Further reading

  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “qùd”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 322
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*quˀʌdʲʌ (1)/*quˀgʌdʲʌ”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 2, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 720
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “ӄурь (I, II)”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы[2], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 63
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “⁴qur'”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 131
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “pike”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 314