Northern Yukaghir

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Etymology

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From сальил (saļil, mouse) +‎ лэгул (legul, food)

Noun

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сальиллэгул (saļillegul)

  1. grass roots collected by mice

References

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  • Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 410
  • Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka