v. (Ia)

a. ŝiyáṭ ˁanšéˀʸhen eḳániš ‘I will feed you with fire instead’ (CSOL I 8:41)

b. báˁad-aḷ bíroʰ múgšem aˁdégoʰ díˀseʰ múgšem wa-ḳáne díˀseʰ múgšem ˁaf yaˁáḳor ‘When she gave birth to the boy, she nursed him and raised him until he grew up’ (CSOL II 1:18)

c. ˁédoʰ še díˀʸho di-bórhe ... di-tho ˁidɛ́ḷoʰ wa-ḳáne ‘I still have one who bore me, ... who carried me in her womb and raised me’ (CSOL I 10:3)

perfect 3 sg. f. ḳáne

‘To feed somebody (object pronoun) with something (direct object)’ (a).

‘To rear, raise up’ (b, c).

‘To let grow’: 

fɔ́ne ker ˁéyhon yéḳon ˁag nhɔfš ri ˁaf ľikέn záˁthɛr ‘In the old times, a man would let his hair grow till he becomes curly-haired’ (field notes)

• eḳníyoʰ food
• ḳén(h)o livestock
• ḳeníyeʰ wet-nurse
• ḳénhi wet-nurse’s husband
• ḳanínhin God, Lord
• éḳne to give one’s child for rearing to another family
• ḳoténe / ḳaténɛ to eat