ӄоӄпунь
Ket
Alternative forms
- ӄопӄунь (qɔ́pqunʲ) (Metathesized form)
- ӄоӄонда (qɔ́qonda) (Northern Ket dialects)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Ketic *qoqpʰanʲ, further origin uncertain. Compare Kott kukûka (“cuckoo”), which might imply an onomatopoeic origin.
Folk-etymologically assumed to be a compound of ӄоʼӄ (qɔˀq, “one, 1”) + хуʼн (huˀn, “daughter”), inspired by the prevalent Ketic oral tale "Cuckoo's tale", for which also see the usage examples, where two excerpts from the said tale are given.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qɔq˩˧.pun̥ʲ˧˩], [qɔʁ˩˧.pun̥ʲ˧˩]
Noun
ӄоӄпунь (qɔ́qpunʲ) f (plural ӄоӄпунень (qɔqpùnɛnʲ), ӄоӄпунь (qɔ̀qpúnʲ)[1])
- (ornithology) cuckoo
- Ӄоӄпунь даеесий, ӄоӄпунь дәбел — Ӄоʼк хуʼн, ӄоʼк хыʼп! (Baklaniha dialect)
- Qɔqpunʲ daɛːsij, qɔqpunʲ də̄bɛl — Qɔˀk huˀn, qɔˀk hɨˀp!
- The cuckoo cries, the cuckoo sings: "A girl, a boy!"
- Ӄоӄпунь даээсий, ап сыкӈ дадэдьугабет. (Kellog dialect)
- Qɔqpunʲ daɛːsij, āb sɨkŋ dadɛ́ɾʲuɣabɛt.
- The cuckoo bird cries, counting down my years.[2]
References
- Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “qoqbun”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 318
- Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN
- Werner, Heinrich (2002) “ӄоӄпунь, ӄопӄунь (ж) [мн. ӄоӄпунень, ӄоӄпунь]”, 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) “qɔ́qpun'”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 111