v. (Q_R)

2. 

a. ṭaháren ho wa-ˁeghéten di-bɛr kor nefέnoŝ tóˀo eráḥan gedóḥoʰ tan ˁážeʰ di-báˁaḷ ṭᵃháres díˀseʰ ˁag hímaˁk ˁeghéten tóˀo tegɛmgémen ˁes ‘Together with a few of the other women, we went out onto the plateau to get a breath of fresh air. As soon as we were there, a woman came by whose husband had just taken a second, additional wife, and I heard the women whispering about her’ (CSOL III 14:41)

b. mínhɛm teẓ̂áḥkoʰ wa-tefḷɛyséson wa-gɛmgémoʰ ḥe ‘What are you laughing about and grinning for and whispering about me?’ (CSOL III 10:10)

c. aḷ-ˁérobk ifúḷ ṭaʰ gέmgem kέrhen hímaˁk méken gemgέmeʰ wa-ˀaḷ šíˀik máˁne ‘I couldn’t figure out what you were whispering. What I heard was just your whispering and I couldn’t make out the meaning’ (CSOL III 14:41)

d. tóˀo ékobk di-ṣaff wa-ˀembóryeʰ šéʸhen emteḥán hímaˁk gemgέmeʰ wa-ˀaḷ-ŝínik be-ˁayn ékobk di-ḳáneʰ wa-ḳéṣaˁk be-ˁamḳ kor etomíˁin men óˀo gemgέmeʰ wa-ˀéḳef wa-bíŝi gemgέmeʰ ˁámok tkóteb wa-bɛss men gemgέmeʰ ‘I entered the class (as the monitor) when the children taking an exam, and I heard some whispering but couldn’t see (where exactly was it coming from). I went to the middle of the class and stood there to listen whence that whispering was coming from. But they all went silent, and there was no more whispering whatsoever. I said: “Go on writing and enough with the whispering!”’ (CSOL III 14:41)

• gemgέmeʰ whisper, murmur