v. (Ia)

wa-ḳö́ṭab meʸh ídhɛn di-žiféˀeʰ šerḳóḥoʰ meʸh géttaʰ fóľhi tóˀo ṣö́ṭaḷ meʸh ídhɛn ‘He cut a bit off one of the ears of the apparition, and its body appeared—a real calf, as soon as he had cut off the tip of its ear’ (CSOL II 7:10)

pass. ṣíṭaḷ (yeṣóuṭaḷ/ľiṣṭóḷ):

meʸh idέni ṣiṭíḷétoʰ ‘Its (the billygoat’s) ears were incised’ (field notes)

It is only rarely that this verb is used in contexts other than marking of animals:

hábe deš wáraḳaʰ di-boḳ di-ṣiṭíḷoʰ ‘Give me this sheet of paper, the one which has a small piece cut off’ (CSOL II 7:10)

• ṣáṭľeʰ ear-mark of an animal
• ṣatéṭaḷ 1. to be fit to be incised (an ear of an animal) 2. to be incised in a proper way (an ear of an animal)