Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/quç

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)**
	10
	1	2 →	10 →
Cardinal: qawg, quç Ordinal: qawgwasVŋʷ, quçwasVŋʷ Adverbial: qawgpa, quçpa

Alternative reconstructions

*qus (per Werner 2002)
*χu-sa (per Starostin 1994-2005)^[1]
*qus, *qut (per Vajda-Werner 2022)
*quʧ, *quc (per Cologne group 2023 & 2024. Pattern: q.1-s.1)

Etymology

Most likely related to Proto-Yeniseian *qawg (“one, 1”, animate).

Numeral

*qu-ç (ordinal *quç-was-Vŋʷ)

(cardinal number, inanimate) one, 1
Synonym: *qawg (“one, 1”, animate)

Descendants

Ketic:
- Imbak Ket: xúsem (Mes.; Bahta dialect)
- Imbak Ket: xúsem (Mes.; Eed-Šeš dialect)
- Imbak Ket: xúsam (M., Kl., W.), xúsem (Kl.), xuzam (VW.), kus'am (Ad.)
  - Ket: ӄусь (qūsʲ)
  - Ket: ӄусям (qúsʲam, counting form)
- Ostyak Yug: xusem (F., M.)
  - Yug: хус (χus), хушь (χušʲ)
  - Yug: хусе (χusʲe, counting form)
Kottic:
- Assan: huča (Kl.)
- Kott: xoudžä (Str.; Kamasin dialect)
- Kott: xuodžá, xuodže (P.), xuodžä (Mes.), huča (F.; Kojbal dialect)
- Kott: huča (M., Kl., W., VW.), hûča (C.)
Arinic:
- Arin: qúsej (M., W., Kl., F.), khuzej (VW., F.), kuisa (Str.)
Pumpokolic:
- Pumpokol: chúta (M.), xúta (W., VW., Kl.)

References

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Bonmann, Svenja; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Hill, Eugen (2023), “'1' (to be used with inanimates)”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part I: Word-Initial Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics‎^[1], number 5, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 57 of 39-82
Hill, Eugen; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Svenja, Bonmann (2024), “'1'^h”, 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 253-254 of 216-293
Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*qus/*qut”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 725
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, page 440
Werner, Heinrich (2002), “¹qus'”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 132
Werner, Heinrich (2005), “one”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 313

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