чаҕум

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *čoɣo-

Verb

чаҕум (țahum)

1. to cut off
2. to break one's word
3. to separate something from the whole
4. to cross
5. to wade across a river
6. to survive, outlast

See also

• чавнум (țawnum)
• чавнаам (țawnaam)
• чавл (țawl)

References

• Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 136
• Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka