v. (II)

a. ʸheʰ ḥárif e-díˀʸheʰ dédoʰ ber embóryeʰ ľítaˁ ‘He informed his uncle in oblique language that the children had been killed’ (Naumkin et al. 2019b:78) 

‘To speak to somebody (e-) in oblique language’: a.

(be-)di-ḥarf ‘(in) oblique language, metaphorically’:

wa-dέnˁaʰ mέtaḷ di-ḥarf tóˀo ˁámok heʸh ḷóˁom díˀɛʰ óˀoz fuľánaʰ ‘And this speech, when I told him: “Give such and such a goat of yours its kid!”, was in oblique language’ (Naumkin et al. 2019a:74)