Proto-Yenisseian: *tVp
Meaning: iron; tongs
Ket: atǝp5,6, pl. ata:n3 / ata:3 (more rarely: South. atavǝŋ5, Kur. atapǝŋ5) 'tongs'
Yug: atǝp5,6, pl. atafɨn5 / atafɨŋ5 'tongs'
Kottish: išthip, pl. -aŋ "iron nail; tongs", thip, pl. -aŋ "iron"; (Бол.) tip "iron"; Ass. tip (М., Сл.) "iron"
Arin: tep (Стр.) "iron"; tēp (М., Сл.) id.; (Лоск.) tep id.
Comments: ССЕ 292. Ket and Yug reflect a compound *ʔaχV-tVp (with *ʔeχV 'iron'); for Kott. iš- see *ʔiʔs 'peg'. Werner 2, 317 *thep.
