v. (I)

a. ŝínik šouḥέroʰ tóˀo teḳáṣ̌am ídhɛn di-ˁouyέghɛn tóˀo ége embórye 'I saw a woman who was twisting the ears of a boy who had been beating (other) children' ( Naumkin et al. 2019b :80)

b. ḷaḷ yenóṣeb embórye di-goughenítin wa-yedóreˁ yeḥóneṣ̌ wa-yeḳóṣ̌em mésen ḥanóṣ̌iḳ ‘When children set traps for turtles and the turtles fall in a trap, they wreck their necks and tear off their heads’ (CSOL III 21:21)

• ḳóṣ̌im to tear, to twist, to wring out
• ḳéṣ̌am to turn, to fold