v. (Q_II)

ˁö́mor wa-ˀaḷ-temέtiľ ˁemέro temέtiľ ˁö́mor ífuḷ temέtiľ ˁemέro ṭa wa-ṭa ‘He said: “He didn’t recite a poem, did he?” She said: “Yes, he did.” He said: “What was the poem?” She said: “It was such-and-such”’ (CSOL I 6:50)

• mέtaḷ speech; language
• mótiľ to tell, to converse
• mósteḷ or mέstɛḷ to talk to each other
• šémteḷ to talk
• temtíľoʰ poem, story
• mešómtiľ interpreter