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The present study is devoted to the analysis of the names of traditional dishware and utensils in the Yakut language made for museum labels. The relevance of the work is determined by the insufficient knowledge of the museum label as a linguistic source for semantic reconstruction. The purpose of the article is to determine the semantic features of the nominations of dishware and utensils recorded in labels at permanent exhibitions of local history museums. To achieve the goal, the following tasks were solved: 1) identification and systematization of dialect nominations based on museum label materials; 2) comparative semantic analysis of the identified nominations with data from reputable lexicographic sources; 3) assessment of the lexicographic potential of the museum label. The research material is a unique body of field data collected by the author during dialectological expeditions in 2022–2024 to Suntarsky, Vilyuysky, Namsky and Momsky districts of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). The methodological base includes a field method of collecting material, semantic analysis to identify ambiguity, and a comparative analysis to establish the relationship between museum nominations and dictionary definitions. As a result of the research, key linguistic phenomena characterizing the vocabulary of traditional dishware and utensils were identified and analyzed: 1) expansion of semantics (using the example of the word holtuon, which developed its meaning from ‘snuffbox’ to ‘birchbark vessel’); 2) dialectal semantic variants of common Yakut words (for example, ymyia, meaning a vessel like a choron cup in Suntar dialects); 3) synonymous rows reflecting functional and stylistic shades (uhaayakh / ujaa / bajaa for a large wooden ladle); 4) new nominations that were not previously recorded in dictionaries (for example, the compound term simii uhaat for a wooden tub for koumiss). Archaic and obsolete designations (achakh timir, kyl siide) are separately noted. The main conclusion of the article is to confirm the high value of museum labels as an important source for dialectal lexicography and ethnolinguistics. The practical significance of the work is related to the possibility of applying its results to clarify and standardize museum descriptions in the Yakut language, as well as to supplement and correct existing lexicographic publications, which contributes to the preservation and revitalization of the linguistic heritage.