v. (Ia)

a. díˀʸho embóryeʰ aḷ-ŝeˀíʸhen keʰ ékob ŝáḳar ‘My children are not worried about droughts’ (CSOL I 13:5)

b. wa-ľikén aḷ-ŝéˀe tho ˁaróreʰ di-men ṭaḥ neḥagóneʰ ŝéˀe tho míˀšer záḥi yebɛ́ḷbeḷ ḷe-di-gɛ́hɛm ‘Yet, I care nothing for the birds playing on the shore: but I do care about a big he-goat bleating at the morning star’ (CSOL I 13:5)

Used as an impersonal verb ‘to be important for someone (direct object)’ (a)

• ŝotéˀe to be sad, to be concerned about something; to grief, to regret
• ŝέˀiʰ interest, concern