v. (IV)

a. émṭa tho díˀyho bέbɛ aḷ-ḷehráḳ mɛľ di-ˀέˀɛfo ‘My father taught me not to steal other people’s belongings’ (CSOL II 15:1)

b. aˀḥ aḷḷá émṭaˀk tok be-ˀóˀoz bɛr feľána kor yetóref díˀyho múgšem wa-tekténaḥ hey díˀyhe ḥóuro ‘Woe unto me, God! I offer unto you a goat from the lineage such-and-such So that my son be cured and his rectum return to him’ (CSOL II 29:20)

‘To teach somebody (object pronoun) to do something (jussive)’: a;

‘to instruct, ask somebody (direct object/object pronoun) to do something (kor + imperfect)’: a, b.

• míṭa to touch, to reach
• motéṭa or matéṭa to become mature
• šemáṭe to reach and seize
• matéṭa lad
• meteṭéyo lass