көйлэй

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *köjlə

Verb

көйлэй (köjlej)

1. to break
2. to split into pieces
3. to deteriorate

References

• Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 215
• Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka