Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔɨ̄s-
Meaning: to row
Ket: ɨ:śi4 (Kur.); Bak., Sur. ɨśǝ4 / ɨśǝ4; South. ɨś4 'to row'; ъ̄ś (South.), North. ъ̄śi1 'to moor'
Yug: ɨ:hs4 'to row'; ʌtsej5 'to moor'
Kottish: d́agičaŋ, *d́ägičaŋ, praet. alagīčaŋ, imp. alčiš; šigiš "rowing"
Comments: ССЕ 196. The root is also attested with an initial vowel reduction as *sV- in the compound *sV-wVǯ 'to row' (Kott. ša-pēi, šā-pei, Ket. (Кастр.) de-sä-bät, (Донн.) de-se-wet, Yug. (Кастр.) dē-sabet́, (Доннер) dǝsebet). Werner 2, 431 <*ɨʔǝsǝ>; 2, 421 <*ǝt..ǝs> 'to moor' (on the first part see *ʔǝt-).
