v. n.

a. kɔn šin níbit di-tímhɛr wa-nebóten ˁaf ˁamḳ di-šɔm ľísoʰ mɛśɛ ˁaf yeṣráyḳiḳ rího ḷe-ḥanḳ di-tímhɛr wa-ˀaḷ-ˁad šégaḥ hin ken déḥeẓ̂ di-tímhɛr ‘It was the season of palm pollination in our land. We were pollinating (our trees), but in the middle of the day it rained until water was pouring down onto the crowns of the palms so that it became impossible for us to climb the palms because they were so slippery.’ (CSOL II 30:38)

b. aḷ-kɔn énhi móho ken níbit di-témhɛr wa-feráẓ̂oʰ ḥe díˀʸho érhon ˁézork be-níbit di-témhɛr ‘I had no leisure because I had to pollinate (my) date-palms. So my goats stopped giving milk (they went dry because I did not milk them in due time). I was busy with palm pollination’ (Bulakh 2024:217)

• nö́bot to pollinate (date-palms)
• nébet to be plentiful, abundant
• énbet to hire somebody to pollinate one’s palm trees
• nέbot pollen
• nébet pollinator