Words

Borrowed from Arabic.

‘To catch somebody or something (ḷe-)’:

ḥiróˀo tšemáṭɛ ˁey férod aḷ-ˁédo miṭóˀotš kɔn tóˀo raḥ ˁaf yeˀókeb díˀyhe di-ḳáˁar ‘The snake tried to catch him, but he fled and it could not catch him: he was swift as wind! Thus he came to his home’ (CSOL I 24:28)

1. ‘To speak with somebody (direct object)’:

wa-ˀáˀḥaʸh yóuḳaf wa-ˀaḷ-yešmέtoḷ íľʸheʰ megɔ́še ‘Yet his brother kept silent and said nothing to his sons’ (CSOL II 8:11)

2. ‘to talk about (ḷe-)’:

tóˀo himoˁótšen ˁemέroʰ náˁaʰ ˁam ber ˁeyyúg šémteḷ ḥe ekóḷe ˁan nɔ́fin ekóḷe ˁan nɔ́fin be-ḳáṣṣa ‘And when she heard them, she said: “Since the men have spoken this way about me, I’ll have to defend myself. And I will defend myself using a trick”’ (CSOL I 26:10)