Proto-Mongolian: *kelbe-, *kilu-
Meaning: 1 to deviate 2 to be oblique, slanting
Russian meaning: 1 отклоняться 2 скашиваться, быть косым
Written Mongolian: kelbere- (L 446: kelberi-) 1, kelbiji- (L 446: kelbeji-), kiluji- 2 (L 467: kiluji-, kilaji- 'to look ascance')
Khalkha: xelbere- 1, xelbij- 2, x́alaj- 'to look ascance'
Buriat: xelbɨ- 1 xilar 'кривой'
Kalmuck: kelwr- 2, kulī- 2
Ordos: kelbeger 'inclined'
Dagur: kelbei- 2 (Тод. Даг. 149)
Comments: KW 224, 244, TMN 1, 472. Mong. > Man. kelfi- etc., see Doerfer MT 123, Rozycki 136-137. Mong. has also other derived forms-: kelteger, keltegei 'crooked', kelteji- 'to bow, bend' ( > Evk. kelteke, kelter etc., see Doerfer ibid.; > Yak., Dolg. keltegej, see Kaɫ. MEJ 77, Stachowski 144); kilar, kilaɣar 'squint-eyed' (> Evk. kilar, see Doerfer ibid. 127).
