кве
Southern Selkup
| Chumel dialects | |
|---|---|
| Tym | кӓ (k’a) |
| Vasyugan | ка (ka) |
| Narym | кве (kwje) |
| Syosh dialects | |
| Shyoshqup | квē (kwē) |
| Tyuj dialects | |
| Upper Ob | кіо |
Alternative forms
- ӄве (qwje)
Etymology
From Proto-Selkup *qwǟ, from Proto-Samoyedic *koəj, from Proto-Uralic *kojwa.
Related to Finnish koivu and Hungarian hajó (“ship”). Cognates include Tundra Nenets хо (xo) and Northern Selkup ӄӓ̄ (qǟ)
Noun
кве (kw’e) (Narym)
- birch
- 2022, Grigorij Korotkih, Современный язык нарымских селькупов (overall work in Russian), page 59:
- Тепт кве́тӄо, ӄай ӄу́тӄо ӄап.
- Tjept kwjétqo, qaj qútqo qap.
- Sap for birch is the same as blood for human.
Further reading
- G.V. Korotkih (2022) Современный язык нарымских селькупов [The modern language of Narym Selkups], Tomsk: Соиздательство ценных книг «Грасион», →ISBN, page 59 of 150