v. (Ia)

a. tóˀo ṭerέboʰ kɛ́rhen begámoʰ díˀseʰ ḷe-deš ‘And as soon as it came down, it started to eat whatever it could find’ (CSOL I 24:25)

b. ŝóḥoʰ begámoʰ díˀseʰ ḷe-ḷéḳhɛm deš di-ˀaṭífes ʸheʰ fɔ́ne ‘It opened its mouth and started to bite at the tree, whose branches he had sharpened before’ (CSOL I 24:26) 

• ébgem to swallow