v. (V_I)

énŝosk men márboˁ néŝyes kor enteḳésen beʸh ‘I split a splitter from a long piece of wood to clean my teeth’ (Bulakh 2024:162)

The connection with nö́ḳas ‘to open a wound’ is plausible since cleaning the teeth is done with special sticks and can be perceived as an action similar to cutting open a wound (to bring out the pus).

• nö́ḳas to open a wound
• énḳes to open a wound