ӄой

See also: қой

Ket

Alternative forms

  • ӄойи (qɔ̄ji, qɔ̀ji) (Northern Ket dialects)
  • ӄойә (qɔ̀jə) (Central Ket dialects)

Etymology

From earlier xóaje, xóija, xôi, k'oi, choigh,[1][2] from Proto-Ketic *qoˀʌjʌ (bear).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qɔj̥˥˩]

Noun

ӄой (qɔ̀jm (plural ӄөн (qōn))

  1. (zoology) bear
    Synonyms: баат (báàt), ӄип (qīp)
    Ӄойдаӈта усаӈ ху, сеӈ, сьерап, меньсиген. (Pakuliha dialect)
    Qɔjdaŋta usaŋ hū, sēŋ, sʲɛrap, mɛnʲsiɣɛn.
    The bear has heart, liver, spleen and lungs.

References

  1. ^ Werner, Heinrich (2005) “xóaje (M, W), xóija (Kl)”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 56
  2. ^ Georg, Stefan (2007) A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 34

Further reading

  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “qòj”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 305
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*qoˀʌjʌ”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 682
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “ӄой (м) [мн. ӄөн]”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы[1], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 58
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “⁴qɔj”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 95

Nivkh

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qoj/

Noun

ӄой (qoj)

  1. (Amur, East Sakhalin) larch

References

  • Č. M. Taksami, editor (1996), Нивхско-русский и русско-нивхский словарь [Nivkh-Russian and Russian-Nivkh dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 39