n. (f.)

a. tóˀo féroʰ ḷe-ˁarέbeʰ ḳö́ṣad merḥíyoʰ díˀʸheʰ ḷe-fáˀḥɛr ‘And as she jumped, he cut the rope on his bulľ (CSOL I 8:51)

b. náḳaˁk fóľhi ˁan éľľehe wa-róŝik wa-ho ṭáhɛrk ö́foŝ wa-tóˀo gédaḥk kések bö́ẓ̂ak díˀʸheʰ merḥíyoʰ ‘I took a calf away from its mother and tied it up. Then I went to have lunch. When I came back, I found that it had torn its rope’ (CSOL I 8:21)

c. ˁö́ḳaḷk fáˀḥɛr di-ḥóuzoz be-merḥíyoʰ ‘I left the bull, which was to be slaughtered, tethered with a rope’ (CSOL I 8:51)

d. férod ḥumár díˀʸheʰ be-merḥíyoʰ ‘The donkey fled together with its tether rope’ (CSOL I 8:51)

merḥíyoʰ is a rope by which larger animals (primarily cows, but also camels and donkeys) are tethered (CSOL I 8:51)

• érḥe to hide oneself