a. ḳáṣik ˁábher di-ḷébek wa-ˁáṭifk meʸh gózer ‘I cut down a thick tree and trimmed the stump’ (CSOL I 8:18)
b. wa-di-ḥorf ḳáṣe tímhɛr wa-sáṭaḥ di-mésṭaḥ ‘In autumn, he cut down the dates and put them out to dry in the drying place’ (CSOL I 2:28)
c. égaḥ ˁag témreʰ wa-ḳáṣe mes ḥáḷhoḷ ‘A man climbed a date-plam and cut down half-ripe dates from it’ (field notes)
perfect 3 sg. f. ḳáṣe.
pass. ḳíṣa (yeḳóuṣa/ľiḳṣó).
v. n. ḳáṣi:
tóuṣaḷ ḥe be-ḳáṣi ‘She helps me cutting the trees’ (CSOL II 15:24).
‘To cut down (dates) from a date-palm, to harvest (dates) from a date-palm (direct object)’ (b).
‘To cut down dates (direct object) from a date-palm (men)’ (c).
In the available examples, the verb is used to describe either cutting down of trees or harvesting of dates.