ӄъъль

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ɢejVŋʷɬaw (“thumb; five, 5”, literally “big-thing-extension”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qʌːl̥ʲ˩˧˦˥˧]

Noun

ӄъъль (qʌ́ʌ̀lʲ) f (plural ӄъӈгал (qʌŋɣal))

  1. (anatomy) thumb finger
    Ап ӄъълдаӈт угда ин. (Kellog dialect)
    Āb qʌ́ʌ̀ldaŋt ugda ìn.
    My thumb is quite big.

Further reading

  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “qə́ə̀l (1)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 327
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*qal/*qel/*qol”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 629
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*qɔˀl (2)”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 685
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “ӄъъль”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎[1], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 65
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “³qʌːl' (I)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 148
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “five”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 296
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