кэкэнтэй

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *kekentə

Interjection

кэкэнтэй (kekentej)

1. Oh darling!
2. term of affection

References

• Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 204
• Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka