аӄӄут

Ket

Etymology

Compound of аʼк (“lightning”) +‎ ӄоʼт (“road”).[1]

Compare other Yeniseic languages and the similar names for rainbow, Yug [script needed] (ékŋ-na-χɔˀt, “rainbow”, literally “lightning-road”) and Arin is-pni-juga (“rainbow”, literally “sky-?-way”).

Noun

аӄӄут (áqqut, áqqot) n

  1. rainbow

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaʁ˧˦˥.ʁut], [aq˧˦˥.ˈɢut], [aq˧˦˥.ˈɢɔt]?

References

  1. ^ Georg, Stefan (2007) A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 85
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “аӄӄут”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎[1], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 12
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “áqqot”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 51, 52
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