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wa-tóˀo ŝö́ṭar ŝónif díˀʸheʰ ŝéṭhir aḷ-máˁad tέḳaf ˁam yenáfaˁ kaḷ yeḳˁaynínin bes men di-ḥa id-di-ḥa ‘As he was performing his work, he had no intention to do it properly: he just made it crooked, (going in zigzag) from this side to this side’ (Bulakh 2024:159)

• ŝéṭaf to halve dates before drying
• ŝaṭf halved dates exposed for drying
• šéŝṭef to be possible to halve dates
• ŝeṭéfṭof halved dates
• móŝṭif knife for halving dates