Proto-Yenisseian: *χɨji
Meaning: prince
Ket: qɨ̄j, pl. qɨjeŋ5,6
Kottish: hīji, *hīje, pl. hījan, hīkŋ "lord, prince"; Ass. hii (М., Сл.); hu, huj (Кл.)
Arin: bikhej (М., Сл., Кл.) "lord"; (Стр.) birkej "lord (König)"; (Лоск.) kej "superior, power"; berkekej "lord"
Comments: ССЕ 301. Ket and Yug have also a synonymous kɨ̄j 'prince' (see Werner 1, 472). The relationship between these variants is not quite clear. One cannot exclude that Ket qɨ̄j is historically a compound (qɛʔ 'big' + kɨ̄j 'prince', with a contraction). In this case one should rather reconstruct PY *kɨji.
