Words

In the Vienna corpus two lexemes clearly represent the meaning “bird”: nóʸher and eṣféro. The former is slightly less common than the later, and these terms seems to be synonymous. In the dialect of the Da’rho tribe, however, only nóʸher is used as a general term for “bird”, while eṣféro is said to designate a concrete bird species (”sparrow”). There is also a possibility that nóʸher and eṣféro are used to as generic terms for big and small birds respectively.

ˁámok mek bóši ber bíľe di-fezóˁo mek níyye ‘I said to myself you must be crying because something fearful has come into your mind’ (CSOL II 23:28)