йатаҕарэйм

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *jata-

Verb

йатаҕарэйм (jataharejm)

1. to straighten
2. to loosen stiff joints
3. to perform rituals by the bed of a terminally ill patient, arranging a path to another world

References

• Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 185
• Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka