саахмэттаай

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian шахматы (šaxmaty)

Verb

саахмэттаай (saaqmettaaj)

1. to play chess

References

• Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 399
• Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka