Meaning:1 to be busy with smth. 2 to intend 3 to demand
Russian meaning:1 заниматься чем-л. 2 намереваться 3 требовать
Evenki:ńeke- 1, 2
Even:ńek- 1, 2
Negidal:ńexe- 1, 2
Literary Manchu:lexe- 3
Nanai:leksir- 'to come true (of a premonition)' (?)
Oroch:ńē- 1
Udighe:ńexe- 1, 2
Comments:ТМС 1, 515, 651-652. In Manchu cf. also the derivatives: lexe-me xexe 'prostitute, whore', lexe-le (ǯuj) 'illegitimate, born of a whore', whence WMong. nekelei, Kh. nexlij, Kalm. nekǝlɛ̄ id. (see Rozycki 150).
