ӄог

Ket

Alternative forms

  • ӄоʼ (qɔˀ) (common variant, Northern and Souhtern Ket dialects)
  • ӄоӷ (qɔ̀ʁ) (Southern Ket dialects)

Etymology

From earlier kóago, kaágo, kóogo, ko, from Proto-Ketic *qoˀʌɢʌ, inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ɬaw-ɢa (star, literally extending-thing)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qɔɡ˥˩], [qɔɣ˥˩]

Noun

ӄог (qɔg, qɔˀn (plural ӄоон (qɔ́ɔ̀n))

  1. (astronomy) star
    Хыʼль есь, ӄоон дъӷойдамин. (Kellog dialect)
    Hɨˀlʲ ēsʲ, qɔ́ɔ̀n dʌʁɔjdamin.
    The sky is clear, you can see the stars.

References

  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “qoˀ (2)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 299
  • 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) “ӄог, ӄоʼ (ж) [мн. ӄоон]”, 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 (III)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 122
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “kaágo (W), ko (Ad), koágo (M), kóogo (VW, Kl)”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 46, 47, 48