көйлэсум

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *köjlə

Verb

көйлэсум (köjlesum)

1. to break
2. to destroy
3. to disassemble (the yaranga)
4. to spoil
5. to butcher (a carcass)
6. to slice

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