ӄим

From earlier kɨm (“wife”), from Proto-Ketic *qim, inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ɢej-m (“woman”, literally “big-feminine”).

• IPA^(key): [qiˑm̥˧]

ӄим (qīm) f (plural ӄимн (qīmn))

1. (sociology) woman, female human being

   Coordinate term: кеʼт (kɛˀt, “man, male human being”)

   Таӈал ӄим. (Kellog dialect)

   Taŋal qīm.

   An interesting woman.

   Ат обилда ӄимдиӈта. (Pakuliha dialect)

   Āt ɔbilda qimdiŋta.

   I was with a woman.

   (literally, “I've been to a woman's place.”)

2. (sociology) wife, female partner

   Coordinate term: тет (tɛ̄t, “husband”)

   Ап ӄа-бисэпда ӄим. (Kureyka dialect)

   Āp qà-bisɛpda qīm.

   My older brother's wife.

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