пөвгэч

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *pöw-

Verb

пөвгэч (pöwgeț)

1. to splash (usually of a fish)
2. to enter the water suddenly (of a reindeer)

References

• Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 363
• Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka