Proto-Yenisseian: *pi(ŋ)kaʒ
Meaning: jaw
Ket: hiɣat6
Yug: figači5, pl. figačaŋ (Werner 1, 319 also has fi'at, fi'adɨŋ)
Arin: piŋáiŋ (М., Сл., Кл.) "lip", (Лоск.) pɨnej "lips"
Pumpokol: pinét (Сл.) "chin", (Сл., Срсл.) "cheeks"
Comments: ССЕ 249-250. The stem contains a usual body part suffix -aʒ; the Yug form figači, as proposed by Werner, reflects a different compound, with Yug čɨʔ 'head'. Werner unites all the forms presented under *binč- and *pi(ŋ)ka-ʒ under a reconstruction *phigǝ / *phin, saying (literally): "in *phin läßt sich eine alte Pluralform von *phig vermuten; kot., ass. pun- läßt auch PJ *phɨn- vermuten; ar-. -džal, kot., ass. -džol, -čol läßt sich mit kot. šal 'Schneide' vergleichen". The whole of this explanation appears utterly improbable.
