قَاه
ḳaʰ (du. ḳáti, pl. éḳha)
basic morphological information

n. (f.)

thread
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خَيْط
LS 365; CSOL II 507; Naumkin et al. 2019b:89; Naumkin et al. 2022:276
text examples

a. di-ke-bóde ˁúmor tóˀo maˁríḳoʰ wa-ḷaṭ ḥewéḷen móṣfin ˁeʸh be-ḳaʰ di-ˁíẓ̂oʰ ‘In the beginning it (a trampling mat) is like a small ring; then around it are wound more and more circles (of plaited thread) fastened together with a strong cord’ (CSOL II 10:11)

b. ho zekk ḳaʰ díˀʸho ḷe-ˀéṣbeˁ ‘I wound a thread around my finger’ (Naumkin et al. 2019b:89)

c. ḥómiľk ḷe-ḥumár ˁaf tóˀo kíˀoʰ mednebέʰ óste ḥe ḳayd wa-ˀédofk ḷe-ŝáˁfor wa-rédofk tóʸhen wa-ḷaṭ sᵉbakk tóʸhen kor yemóṭe wa-menáḷ dónib ˁámok heʸh ṣífḥaʰ kor aḷ-ľiṣṭéḷab men éḳḥa ‘I was harnessing my donkey, and when just the tail-harness was left, my rope was finished. So I took some (plastic) threads and put them together, then I joined them (to the rope). And where its tail was, I put a rag so that the donkey would not be hurt because of the threads’ (Naumkin et al. 2022:276)

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