ворпэй

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *war-

Verb

ворпэй (worpej)

1. to be careful
2. to be shy
3. to be alert

References

• Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 453
• Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka