кеʼй

Ket

Etymology

From earlier kiŋ ("wing"),[1] from Proto-Ketic *kejn, inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ɢejn (“upper arm, shoulder”). Cognate with Yug кэʼй (kɛˀj), Kott kei, Assan kej, Arin qin (“arm”) and Arin xin (“shoulder”).

Compared to Proto-Turkic *kāynat (“wing”) by Starostin (1997), but the proposed Na-Dené comparisons, plus the Arin forms make this etymological connection less likely.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɛʔj̥˥˧], [keˑŋ˧][2]

Noun

кеʼй (kɛˀj) n (plural кеӈ (kēŋ), кеӈен (kɛ́ŋen, kɛ́ŋʌn))

  1. (zootomy) wing
    Ат кеясь таль ситогит. (Kellog dialect)
    Āt kɛj-asʲ talʲ tsitɔɣit.
    I use a broom to sweep the garbage.
    (literally, “I wing-away the garbage.”)
    Хъна бънда кеʼй. (Pakuliha dialect)
    Hʌna bʌnda kɛˀj.
    Wing of a duckling.
    Ӄумлэйдиӈт кеӈ. (Sulomay dialect)
    Qumlɛjdiŋt kēŋ.
    Butterflies have wings.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Werner, Heinrich (2005), “kiŋ (M)”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 49
  2. ^ Georg, Stefan (2007), A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 79
  • Fortescue, Michael; Vajda, Edward (2022), “95.) ~*ɢejn”, in Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 372
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), “keˀj”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 228
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*keˀj”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 394
  • Vajda, Edward (2024), “*ɢejn (Table 18:7)”, in The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[2], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 423
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “кеʼй (с) [мн. кеӈ, кеӈен]”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎[3], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 45
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “²kɛˀj”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 420
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