ӄа́егу

Southern Selkup

Regional variants of ӄа́егу

Chumel dialects
Narym	ӄа́егу, ка̄егу
Tyuj dialects
Upper Ob	каайгу

Alternative forms

• ка̄егу

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *kəjə-, from Proto-Uralic *kuńa-.

Related to Hungarian huny. Cognates include Northern Mansi хонюӈкве (honûňkwe) and Tundra Nenets хӑя̆сь (xăyăsʹ°).

Verb

ӄа́егу (transliteration needed) (Narym)

1. to close
2. to cover

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• G.V. Korotkih (2022) Современный язык нарымских селькупов [The modern language of Narym Selkups], Tomsk: Соиздательство ценных книг «Грасион», →ISBN, page 98 of 150