къе

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See also: къэ and кьэ

Ket

Исна къйган.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier keigo, keigó, kójgo, from Proto-Ketic *kʌje ~ *kʌjga, perhaps inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *kaɬ-ga (“head”).

Cognate with Yug къйгын (kʌjgɨn, “head”), Arin kólk'a, kedake, olkä and Pumpokol kólka.

Noun

къе (kʌ́je) n (no plural)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) head
    Тотпыль къя. (Alinskoe dialect)
    Tɔtpɨlʲ kʌja.
    A bald head.
    Ат дульэнда къйга-булаӈт-ӄонь. (Maduyka dialect)
    Āt dulʲɛ́nda kʌjga-bulaŋt-qɔnʲ.
    I'm soaked wet from head to toe.
  2. (sociology) leader
    Къя дуно. (Kellog dialect)
    Kʌja dūnɔ.
    The headwoman passed away.
    Ъта къян ӄусьт хыйга дигелетин. (Kellog dialect)
    Ʌta kʌjan qusʲt hɨjga diɣɛlɛtin.
    Our chieftains have gathered in the tent.

Pronunciation

References

  1. ^ Werner, Heinrich (2005) “keigo (Ad2), keigó (Ad1); kójgo (M, W, Kl, VW)”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 47, 48
  2. ^ Singular 'leader', not plural 'leaders'.
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “kəjka, also kəja”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 249-250
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*kʌje, *kʌjga/*kʌlga”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 439
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “къе, къйга (с)”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎, 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 50
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “*kʌ́je”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 460
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “head”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 301
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