v. (IV)

wa-de di-yémos eḳníyoʰ ľázem yemáṭoḳ hes énṭen kor ḷaḷ stɛ tšemaṭíḳin mey ṭáˁam wa-tebéten ber matéṭaḳ ‘As for the man who mashes the food, he has to give her first a little bit to taste, so that she starts eating and recognizes its taste and realizes that it is tasty’ (Bulakh 2024:127)

• méṭaḳ sweet
• matéṭaḳ 1. to be sweet; 2. to be tasty
• méṭaḳ to be sweet or tasty
• di-meṭaḳáno a sort of date-palm
• šemṭeḳ to find something tasty
• šemáṭiḳ to recognize the taste, to feel the taste; to anticipate the taste of food, to smack one’s lips