v. (X)

1. ho šeḳábiľk mébrehe ‘I comforted a child’ (field notes)

2.

a. mébrehe yešdóri ḥéyhe dérhi yíboš ke édof ˁeyʰ aḷ-yešḳabíľin toyʰ ‘A child feels shy and uncomfortable with a stranger; he weeps if a stranger touches him, and he is not happy with him’ (Belozerova et al. 2023:566)

‘To accept, to get along with (direct object)’ (2a). 

• ḳö́boḷ to be glad, to relax
• mešóḳbhiľ comforter