Proto-Yenisseian: *kǝʔr- (~g-)
Meaning: bent, bend; to wind, spool
Ket: kъ̄ĺtǝ (North.), South. kъ̄ĺt 'river bend'; (КРС) kʌĺ-dij 'to bend (tr., itr.)'; kʌiĺ5 ( < *kǝ-kiĺ) "clew, skein", (КРС) -kiĺ / -giĺ / -geĺ "to spool"; (Werner 1, 463) kʌʔĺ 'crooked, bent'
Yug: kʌlgej5 'sinuous (shore)', kʌlgit5, pl. kʌlaŋ5,6 "river bend"; (Werner 1, 463) kʌʔĺ 'crooked, bent'
Kottish: fa-ča-gar 'winding, spooling', fō-čagaraŋ 'to wind, spool', praet. fō-la-čagaraŋ.
Comments: ССЕ 237. Werner 1, 461 <*kǝʔl>; Werner doubts the relationship of Kott. -ča-gar, and also does not list the Ket verb -kiĺ, while the noun kʌiĺ5 is given on p. 460 without etymology. Werner 1, 436 also has a word Ket kīĺ (pl. kīĺaŋ) 'Zwirn, Faden'; however, on p. 1, 426 the form kīĺaŋ is analyzed as kiʔ 'yarn' + ĺaʔŋ 'hank, skein', so this kīĺ may be a result of re-analyzing the form kīĺaŋ, and thus may be unrelated to the present root.
