ӄа́егу

Southern Selkup

Regional variants of ӄа́егу

Chumel dialects
Narym	ӄа́егу, ка̄егу (qájegu, kājegu)
Tyuj dialects
Upper Ob	каайгу (kaajgu)

Alternative forms

• ка̄егу (kājegu)

Etymology

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

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

Verb

ӄа́егу (qájegu) (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