Proto-Yenisseian: *qǝk- (~χ-)
Meaning: spoon
Ket: qъ̄kt// qъ̄ktǝ1 , pl. qʌktǝŋ5 (Werner 2, 149: qʌ́ktaq / qʌ́ktaqŋ)
Yug: xъkči1, pl. xʌkčakŋ5
Comments: ССЕ 259. Werner 2, 149 *qǝk-t'ak (altes Kompositum). The word may indeed be an old compound, but the second component should be rather reconstructed as *čaq, and is probably the same as in *čaq-pǝm q.v.