къӷын

Ket

Alternative forms

  • къън (kʌ́ʌ̀n)

Etymology

From earlier káogon, kxoge, qogn, kchogn, k'âgan, k'èagan,[1][2] from Proto-Ketic *kʌɢʌn (“fox”). Beyond that, the origin of this word is unknown.

Cognate with Yug къхын (kʌ́χɨ̀n, “fox”). Doublet of къън (kʌ́ʌ̀n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (singular) [ˈkʌ˩˧.ɢ̬in̥˧˩], [ˈkʌ.˩˧.ʁin̥ʲ˧˩], (plural) [ˈkʌ˩˧.ʁin̥ʲ˥˩]

Noun

къӷын (kʌ́ʁɨn) f (plural къӷын (kʌ̀ʁɨ́n))

  1. (zoology) fox
    Ъттаӈтэн а ык-къън. (Kellog dialect)
    Ʌttaŋtɛn ā ɨk-kʌːn.
    We have six tods.
    Ассанокеʼт киибина къъндиӈт кънтокс. (Pakuliha dialect)
    Assanɔkɛˀt tkiːbina kʌːndiŋt kʌntɔks.
    The hunter set up a trap[3] for the fox.
    Кунся иʼ, әт сэʼн тэлоӈонан къӷынд-дэдиӈа. (Pakuliha dialect)
    Kunsʲa iˀ, ə̄t sɛˀn ttɛlɔŋɔnan kʌ́ʁɨnd-dɛdiŋa.
    On the second day, we chased the deer towards the lake that is habitated by the foxes.

References

  1. ^ Werner, Heinrich (2005) “káogon (M, W); kxoge (Mes); qogn (Kl)”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 47, 49, 51
  2. ^ Georg, Stefan (2007) A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 34
  3. ^ More specifically, a trip deadfall for foxes, wolverines and polar foxes.
  • Fortescue, Michael, Vajda, Edward (2022) Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 263, 264
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “kə́ə̀m, also kəqén”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 253
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*kʌɢʌn”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 449
  • Vajda, Edward (2024) The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[2], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 403
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “лиейца (ж)”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎[3], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 170
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “kʌ́Rɨn/³kʌːn”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 469
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “fox”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 268
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