ӄам

Ket

Etymology

From earlier kaːm, xam, from Proto-Ketic *qam, inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ɢajm (“arrow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qam̥˧]

Noun

ӄам (qām) f or n (plural ӄамаӈ (qáman, qámɛn))

  1. (weaponry) arrow
    Ътннаӈта усяӈ кадьеӈ ындэлеӈ ӄам. (Kellog dialect)
    Ʌtnnaŋta usʲaŋ kaɾʲɛŋ ɨndɛ́lɛŋ qām.
    We have an old-fashioned arrow with a bifurcated shaft.
    Ламеӈ ӄамеӈ. (Lebed dialect)
    Lamɛŋ qamɛŋ.
    Flat arrowheads.

References

  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “qām (1)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 286-287
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*qam (2)”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 631
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “ӄам (I) (ж, с) [мн. ӄамаӈ]”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎[1], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 54
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “¹qaˑm (II)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 81
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “kaːm (M, W), xam (Kl)”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 46, 56
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