доӈ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "don"

Ket

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier dóŋam/dóŋem,[1] inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *dowŋ (three, 3). Cognate with Yug доʼӈ (dɔˀŋ), Kott тоӈа (tōŋa), Assan toŋʲä, Arin tūŋa/t́uŋa and Pumpokol dóŋa.

Numeral

доӈ (dōŋ, doˀŋ) (Counting form: (animate) доӈаӈ (dɔ́ŋaŋ), (inanimate) доӈам (dɔ́ŋam))

  1. three, 3
    Доʼӈ къʼт аваӈта, быльта хыбаӈ. (Maduyka dialect)
    Dɔˀŋ kʌˀt aváŋta, bɨlʲda hɨbaŋ.
    I have three children, all boys.
    Буӈ дугин доʼӈ сьыкӈ, къʼт бътся буӈнаӈта. (Maduyka dialect)
    Būŋ duɣín dɔˀŋ sʲɨkŋ, kʌˀt bʌtsʲa buŋnaŋta.
    They've lived together for three years, [and] they don't have any children.
    Будаӈта тульӄолэп хъӈдиӈа доʼӈ тъӷын. (Maduyka dialect)
    Buɾaŋta tulʲqɔlɛp hʌŋdiŋa dɔˀŋ tʌ̀ʁɨ́n.
    He has three fingers on his left hand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɔˑŋ̥˧], [dɔˑŋ̥˧˥]

Derived terms

  • доӈась (dɔŋasʲ, thirty, 30)
  • доӈкись (dɔˀŋ-kiˀsʲ, three hundred, 300)

References

  1. ^ Werner, Heinrich (2005) “dóŋam, dóŋem (Das Imbazkische)”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 43
  • Georg, Stefan (2007) A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 178
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “doˀŋ (2, num)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 153
  • Vajda, Edward (2024) 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 440
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “доӈ (доӈаӈ , доӈам)”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы[2], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 33
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “(2) dɔˀŋ (I)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 203