a. tóˀo ḳeˁö́we hes wa-yeˁódegs ŝerέses ‘When the kid was allowed to go to it (the goat) and was about to suckle, it damaged it (the goat, that is, its udder)’ (CSOL II 4:58)
b. wa-ŝténzoʰ ṭad áˀaṭab wa-ṭad ˁedέgeʸh ˁífef ‘One of (the goat’s) teats was askew, and the kid suckled from the other one’ (CSOL I 14:1)
c. náḳaˁk ṭad díˀʸho fóľhi wa-ʸhedk ˁeʸh wa-ḳarére gédaḥk kések ḳö́ḷom wa-ˁédog ‘I took one of my calves away from its mother and shut it in a stone shelter. But the next day I came and found that it had jumped out and managed to be suckled (by its mother)’ (field notes)
‘To be suckled from the mother (direct object)’ (a).
‘To be suckled from a teat (direct object)’ (b).
‘To be suckled (without complement)’ (c).
- (3 sg. f.) aˁdégoʰ to suckle
- ˁádog semi-digested milk from the stomach of a just slaughtered suckling goat-kid
From Proto-MSA *ˁdg ‘to suck’, further etymology unknown.