Proto-Altaic: *t`ep`à
Meaning: to cover, obstruct
Russian meaning: покрывать, закрывать
Comments: SKE 263, PKE 203, EAS 49. An Eastern isogloss. Cf. *t`ebV and Bur. tebtēr 'cover (of pot)' - a word of obscure origin. For Jpn. cf. alternatively: WMong. čeger, Khalkha cēr 'taboo, prohibition', Turk. čeper 'fence, protecting fender', see Владимирцов 211-212; cf. also Oroch čeppe- 'to sin'?.