доӈ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "don"
Ket
Alternative forms
- доʼӈ (doˀŋ) (tonal distinction)
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))
- 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
- ^ 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, , →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