ӄаʼ

Ket

Etymology

From earlier ka (“voice, word”), from Proto-Ketic *qaˀ, inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ɢaj-ɢa (“word, speech”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qaʔ˥˧]

Noun

ӄаʼ (qaˀ) n (plural ӄаань (qáànʲ))

  1. (communication) word
    Дъдьэӈна ӄаань бәнь дабатабет. (Kellog dialect)
    Dʌɾʲɛŋna qáànʲ bə̄nʲ dabatabɛt.
    I don't understand the words Nenets use.
  2. (sociology) language
    Остыганна ӄаʼ. (Kureyka dialect)
    Ɔstɨ́ɣanna qaˀ.
    Ket language.
  3. (communication) news, tidings
    Анаась касенылька, анатдаӈа ӄаʼ культомдаӄ? (Kellog dialect)
    Anaasʲ kasɛnɨlʲga, anatdaŋa qaˀ kulʲtɔ́mdaq?
    Who did you talk to, who did you send the message to?
  4. (communication, rhetoric) question
    Абаӈт укаӈа тунбесь ӄаʼ усям. (Kellog dialect)
    Abaŋt ukaŋa tunbɛsʲ qaˀ usʲam.
    I have a question to you.

References

  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “qaˀ”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 279
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*qaˀ/*qag”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 615
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “ӄаʼ (с) [мн. ӄаань]”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎[1], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 53
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “²qaˀ”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 78
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “ka (Ad)”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 46
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