Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔil (~x-,-ĺ,-r)
Meaning: to break, split
Ket: iĺbǝt6 / iĺvǝt6
Yug: ilbɛt́5,6
Comments: ССЕ 193. Cf. also Imb. ilaq6 'chip, splinter' ("split wood"), iĺ, iĺĺeś (Werner 1, 357) "Krümchen", ílɨŋ 'slivers' (Werner 1, 361), Yug ílɨŋ id. (ibid.). Werner 1, 357, 358 (but the suggested semantics *'small' seems to be not justified by any evidence).