v. (Ia)

a. kéḷomk ešmέtoḷ ˁaṭaf ŝerk ‘I had an intention to speak, but then I changed my mind’ (Bulakh 2024:123)

b. hέmen aˁtíri ke-ˁag kor ešˀέzom kẽʸh díˀʸheʰ beˁér ˁaṭáf kéḷomk nɔ́fin wa-ŝerk ‘I was on the verge of talking to a man and asking him for a camel to be borrowed. But then I thought it over and abandoned the idea’ (Bulakh 2024:123)

• katéḷɛm or kotéḷem 1. to have an intention, to be on the verge of doing something; 2. to long, desire ardently