n. (m.)

ḷéḥe ˁag ẓ̂áˀte mέḷḥo ˁaf yeraḳáḥyhen men ŝáḳar wa-ḷaṭ ṣéme fáḥre ‘A man had three of his goat kids suckle at a goat other than their mother to save them from starvation, but eventually they all died’ (CSOL I 17:49)

méľḥe ‘a kid sucking from a goat other than its mother’ is homonymous with méľḥe ‘a male goat accustomed to stay in the living compound’.

• šéḷḥe 1. to be low; 2. to be deep
• ḷéḥe to join a kid to a goat other than its mother for suckling
• ľeḥé downwards
• ľáḥi feeding a kid goat
• méľḥe a male goat accustomed to stay in the living compound
• mέḷḥeʰ a female goat accustomed to stay in the living compound
• éḷḥe to lower, to make deep