v. n. (f.)

ḥézoḷ ˁag díˀʸheʰ mébrehe bɛr ˁážeʰ diyáḥŝes ḷe-díˀʸheʰ ḥíziľ šemtéḷeʸh óˀḥoš ˁémer heʸh aḷ-ˁak tḥazέḷ fuľán wa-díˀʸhen ḷe-šemtέḷeʰ béše ebrɛhέʸhen ‘A man was oppressing his child from another woman (not his current wife), and while he was doing so, his brothers spoke to him, saying: “Do not oppress the guy such-and-such”. And their nephew cried as they spoke’ (fieldwork)

• mέtaḷ speech; language
• mótiľ 1. to tell (about something); 2. to converse
• mósteḷ or mέstɛḷ to talk to each other
• šémteḷ to talk
• temtíľoʰ poem, story
• temέtiľ to speak in verse
• mešómtiľ interpreter