оʼн

Ket

Pronunciation

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *on (seven, 7).

Historical forms

  • 18th century Ket: oːnem (Messerschmidt), oːnham (Müller), ɛnham (Pallas)
  • 19th century Ket: enham (Klaproth), onám (Adelung)

Numeral

оʼн or оʼнь (ɔˀn or ɔˀnʲ) (ordinal онамась (ɔ́namasʲ))

  1. (cardinal number) seven, 7
    • c. 1972, T. I. Toporov, Сказки Народов Сибирского Севера (sig. снсс) line 168:[2]
      Оʼн итаӈын бат оӈон.
      Ɔˀn itaŋɨn bat ɔŋɔn.
      Seven stops away.

See also

  • Yeniseian entry guidelines § Historical bibliography

References

  1. ^ Georg, Stefan (2007), A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 72

Further reading

  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), “oˀn”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 274
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “оʼн, оʼнь”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы[1], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 73
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “2ɔˀn”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 48
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), “zero”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 320