ӄоʼ

Ket

From earlier koó, inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *qawg (“bone, horn”).

ӄоʼ (qɔˀ) n (plural ӄо’ӈ (qɔˀŋ))

(zootomy) horn, antler
Сырук әкӈ ӄоӈас ӄоӈаптет. (Yeloguy settlements dialects)
Sɨruk ə̄kŋ qɔŋas t-qɔŋaptɛt.
The bull will ram you with its horns.

From earlier kóago, kaágo, kóogo, inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ɬawɢa (“star”). Doublet of ӄог (qɔg).

ӄоʼ (qɔˀ) n (plural ӄоон (qóòn))

(astronomy) star
Ӄоʼ рякойок. (Kellog dialect)
Qɔˀ rʲa-kɔjɔk.
The star flew away.
(obsolete or very rare) eyes of a bear (tabooistic replacement)

From earlier kóoho, inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *qaɢa (“Turk's cap lily, Lilium superbum”).

ӄоʼ (qɔˀ) f (plural ӄоон (qóòn))

(botany) Turk's cap lily, a culturally important plant with showy star-like petals and edible bulbs
Ӄиббат ӄодиӈа конэгъън — уль дабдоп. (Kellog dialect)
Qibbat qɔdiŋa t-kɔnɛɣʌːn — ūlʲ dadɔp.
The bumblebee lands on the lily, drinking its nectar.

Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “qoˀ (1, 2, 3)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 299-300
Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*qoˀ/*qog(ʌ) < *qaˀʌ/*qag(ʌ)”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 671
Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*qoˀʌɢʌ (1)/*qaˀʌɢʌ”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 705
Werner, Heinrich (2002) “ӄоʼ (I, ж) [мн. ӄоон]; ӄоʼ (II, с) [мн. ӄо’ӈ]”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎^[1], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 57
Werner, Heinrich (2002) “²qɔˀ (I, II, III)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 121-122
Werner, Heinrich (2005) “horn, star”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 303, 325