n. (m.)

a. fɔ́ne yeˁómer έˀɛfo dáḳaḷ be-ṣadáḳ wa-yeˁómer ˁeʸh šeráˁ kor tóˁod di-máḥḷɛ ‘In earlier times, people used to put a mast upon a boat and to put a sail upon it to make it (the boat) go faster’ (field notes)

b. ḥaľimeʰ zebríri wa-sᵉmaˁ deḳhaḷhéten ‘Ḥalime is (like) two sticks and Semaˁ, (like) ship-masts’ (Naumkin et al. 2015a:8)

The plural form deḳhaḷhéten attested in Naumkin et al. 2015a:8 is associated, according to one of the language consultants, with the feminine form deḳáḷeʰ (du. deḳaḷíti) with the same meaning (Bulakh 2023:206).