dámkuk

Pumpokol

Alternative forms

  • dámkyk (M.)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ǰajm-ɢujkʷ (“window”, literally “arrow-hole”), a common compound in all Yeniseian languages.[1] Analyzable as *dam (“arrow”) +‎ *kuk (“hole”).

Noun

dámkuk (W.)

  1. (architecture) window

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*damquk”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 1, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 190

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 180
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