to hang (tr.) → to put up as a prize 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Tundra Yukaghir
lexeme вэлтэ-
meaning 1 to hang (tr.)

Чама чоҕойэткэлэ тудэ ааваал бурэ вэлтэм


She hung a dagger over her bed
direction →
meaning 2 to put up as a prize

Уури монтэй: "Илэлэ вэлтэтмэҥ"


Or [he] will say: "I will put up a reindeer as a prize"
reference Kurilov 2001: 76
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