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ḥómiľk díˀʸho ḷe-bᵉˁer trɔ meḳṭáfi di-gedóḥoʰ súwa tóˀo eráḥki ˁamḳ di-ḥaḷf ínoˀs beʸh di-aḷ-ˁad beʸh bar wa-ˀaḷ-gésor ˁad di-šérḳaḥ ŝégreʰ ébrokk toʸh kor enáḳaṣ ˁãʸh men meḳṭáfi wa-díˀʸho ḷe-níḳiṣ ˁeŝ aḷ-ˀéndeḳ heʸh ḥáŝem ľibrέk ‘I put two packs of almost equal weight on my camel. Midway along, he had no strength left and was not able to climb the mountain pass. I made it kneel down to reduce the weight of the load. When I was doing this, it stood up, as flies would not let it stay on its knees’ (fieldwork 2024)

• nö́ḳaṣ to diminish, to reduce
• néḳaṣ to decrease, to be less
• énḳeṣ to diminish (transitive)