v. (Ia)

a. róuḳa meʸh érhon zóuhor meʸh érhon ‘May the goats migrate up thanks to it, may the goats migrate down thanks to it’ (CSOL I 23:30–31)

b. fɔ́ne έˀɛfo yéľe be-merḳíyoʰ wa-mezhíroʰ wa-ˀaḷ-yeboḷéges wa-ḥer ṣ̌éyyor di-yíreḳ wa-yezóhor ‘In earlier times, people regularly migrated to upper areas and to lower areas, and never failed to do it. But today, only a few people transhume to upper and lower areas’ (field notes)

pass. reḳö́we (yeróuḳa/ľirḳó)

perfect 3 sg. f. réḳe

Impf. 3 sg. m. forms yíreḳ or yíroḳ are found alongside yeróḳi, borrowed from the inactive type (Naumkin et al. 2016a:48, fn. 19).

• érḳe to move (tr.), to take one’s livestock to another place
• šérḳe to transhume from the lower areas of the central plateau to the upper areas
• merḳíyoʰ seasonal transhumance to upper areas