Words

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ḥéṣeʰ - palm leaf on the tree (LS 168; CSOL II 484)
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ḥö́ṣab - 1. to entrust; 2. to agree (CSOL I 564; Naumkin et al. 2013a:75)

Is seldom used in the modern language, according to our informants, who are unsure as to its exact meaning.

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ḥéṣhin - iron (CSOL II 485; CSOL I 564; LS 186)
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ḥaṣáhon - large centipede (Scolopendra valida) (CSOL I 565; ad-Daˁrhi et al. 2019:551; Wranik 2003:254, 515)

di-ḥaṣáhon ‘large centipede (Scolopendra valida)’: dómik díˀʸho be-ḳáˁar ḷe-ḫáľfeʰ wa-gedóḥoʰ di-ḥaṣáhon ḷe-ḫáľfeʰ wa-ˀébdodk tóˀo tóˁod ḷe-ṭádaˁ díˀʸho di-ḳamíṣ ‘While I was sleeping in my house near the window, a centipede came through the window and I felt it creep along my shirt’ (CSOL I 18:42)

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ḥáṣaḥáṣihin - gravel (LS 185)
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ḥáṣḥeṣ - pebbles (CSOL II 484; CSOL I 565; LS 185)
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ḥíṣiḳ/ḥéṣiḳ - spinning, twisting (CSOL III; CSOL II 485; LS 187)
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ḥéṣaḷ - to cut meat into small pieces (LS 186; CSOL II 485; CSOL I 564)
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ḥáṣ̌ḥɛṣ̌ - space between one’s body and the belt where little things can be carried (CSOL II 486)