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Proto-Yenisseian: *qǟŋa
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: kite; owl
Ket: qa:ŋǝ4 (Kur.), Bak., Sur. qa:ŋǝ4 / qaŋǝ4, South. qaŋ4; pl. qāŋen1 "kite"
Yug: xa:hŋ, pl. xaŋen1 (cf. also М., Сл. xáhaŋa 'hawk')
Kottish: kéŋa-fuj (Ass.) "owl"
Comments: ССЕ 257. Werner 2, 68 <*qaʔǝŋǝ>. The roots *qǟŋa and *kVg- (q.v.) are actively contaminating; the former must have originally meant a hawk or kite, while the latter - some kind of owl.
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