v. (VIII/V_I)

1. ˁíggoʰ óˀoz ˁífef ṭóuhɛ wa-ˀaḷ-yeṣṭéṭaḷ keʰ ˁélomk toʸh sbɛb meʸh idέni ḳinóti wa-ˀaḷ-ˁouḷέmoʰ ‘A goat gave birth to a kid with short ears. If you wanted to mark it, it was impossible to incise his ears, because his ears were too small and could not be marked’ (Bulakh 2024:157)

2. ksek míˀšer záḥi di-ṣáme di-ˀestenótoʰ meʸh ḥaḷḳáti wa-ḷaṭ égnonk ˁeʸh kor efóľiš men ˁaľm kor aˀáḳaš wa-ˀoˁóreb di-mhɔn wa-tóˀo égnonk ˁeʸh ŝínik ˁíḷɛm ṣaṭľíti ˁar aḷ-ṣateṭḷétoʰ suwá ‘I came across an old and big billy goat which was dead, and his curved horns were beautiful. I bent over him to inspect the mark, so that I could describe him and know whom he had belonged. As I bent over him, I saw that it was marked with two marks, but they were not performed properly’ (Bulakh 2024:157–158)

• ṣö́ṭaḷ to mark one’s animal by cutting some skin from its ear
• ṣáṭľeʰ ear-mark of an animal