Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/qag

This Proto-Yeniseian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Yeniseian

Proto-Yeniseian numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  1  ←  7 10
1[a], [b]
    Cardinal: *qag
    Ordinal: *qagwasVŋʷ
    Adverbial: *qagpa
    Collective: *qagɟe

Alternative reconstructions

  • *qogə (per Werner 2002)
  • *χɔɢa (per Starostin 1994-2005)[1]
  • *qogʌ, *qagʌ (per Vajda-Werner 2022)
  • *qʰ?ok (per Cologne group 2024. Pattern: q.1-k.2)[2]

Etymology

Back-formation from *qag-Vŋʷ (full), referring to the finger counting.

Numeral

*qag (ordinal *qag-was-Vŋʷ)

  1. (cardinal number) ten, 10

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Imbak Ket: xojum (Mes.; Eed-Šeš dialect)
    • Imbak Ket: kogem (M.), kogom (Kl., W., VW.), kogon, kon (Ad.)
      • Ket: ӄө ()
      • Ket: ӄөсь (qōsʲ, counting form)
    • Ostyak Yug: xogem (F.)
      • Yug: хо (χō)
      • Yug: хос (χōs), хошь (χōšʲ), хосэ (χosɛ, counting form)
  • Kottic:
    • Assan: hagiaŋ (animate) (M., Kl., F., W., VW.)
    • Assan: xaha (inanimate) (M., Kl., F., W., VW.)
    • Kott: haga (Str.; Kamasin dialect)
    • Kott: haga (Mes., F., P.; Kojbal dialect)
    • Kott: haga (M., Kl., W., VW.), hâga (C.), xakče (H.)
  • Arinic:
    • Arin: qoa (M., Kl., F., W., VW.), hioga (Str.), kova (H.)
  • Pumpokolic:
    • Pumpokol: chaiàng (M.), xajáŋ (W.), xaijaŋ (animate) (Kl., VW.)

See also

  • Proto-Yeniseian entry guidelines § Bibliography

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=804&root=config
  2. ^ Hill, Eugen; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Svenja, Bonmann (2024), “Coda-k.2 (Table 21)”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part II: Word-Final Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics[1], number 6, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 279 of 216-293

Further reading

  • Hill, Eugen; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Svenja, Bonmann (2024), “'10'b”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part II: Word-Final Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics[2], number 6, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 246 of 216-293
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*qogʌ < *qagʌ (1, 2)”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 678-679
  • Vajda, Edward (2024), The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[3], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 440-441
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “¹qoˑ (III)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 126
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), “ten”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 327