n. (f.)

a. wa-tóˀo ˁö́mor ˁag díˀyheʰ temtíľoʰ ˁérob ˁag šɛm díˀyheʰ di-bíyyoʰ wa-šíˀi temtíľo di-ˁáže di-ľitíˁoʰ ‘When the man started to recite the poem, the host recognized his mother’s name and realized the meaning of this poem about the murdered woman’ (CSOL I 4:21)

b. wa-múgšem deʰ di-ḥóuton yaˁámer díˀyheʰ tamótiľ wa-yešḥárob beˁamḳ ‘As for the boy who was about to be circumcised, he continued reciting his poem while jumping amid the crowd’ (CSOL II 8:30)

• mέtaḷ speech; language
• mótiľ to tell, to converse
• mósteḷ or mέstɛḷ to talk to each other
• šémteḷ to talk
• temέtiľ to speak in verse
• mešómtiľ interpreter