Proto-Yenisseian: *χuʔs
Meaning: tent (made of birch bark), house
Ket: quʔś, pl. quʔŋ
Yug: xuʔs, pl. xuʔŋ
Kottish: hūś, pl. huŋ "tent"; Ass. hūš (М., Сл., Срсл., Кл.), xɨš (Кл.) "house"
Arin: hu (Кл.) "house"; kus (Стр.) id.; (Лоск.) kun-kus "yard"
Pumpokol: hu-kút (Сл., Срсл., Кл.) "house", (Сл.) "village" ("село")
Comments: ССЕ 305. The form may contain a singulative suffix *-s (cf. the plural form), so the original protoform might well have been *χuʔ (cf. also the Arin form in Klaproth: hu). Werner 2, 140 <*quʔs>.
