Words

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émtoḷ - to be used to do something, to have an experience (CSOL II 543; Bulakh 2024:202; LS 253)

‘To have an experience of something (jussive)’:

énkaˁ hin ṭad ˁag tɛ di-ḥómes wa-ˀeftógen ifúḷ šóugɛ ˁömóren ifúḷ yenúfaˁ de tɛ ber ḥan aḷ-ˀemtóḷen neḳdέrš ‘A certain man brought us turtle meat, and we were wondering what to do with it. We said to him: “How should this meat be prepared? We have never had the chance to cook it”’ (CSOL II 26:12)

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emtérek - soot (CSOL I 474)
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έn(eʰ) - yes!, here I am! (CSOL I 474)
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έnnɛʰ - elder sister (LS 66; CSOL II 390; Naumkin et al. 2015a:57 )
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íno - there is, there was (CSOL I 474 ; LS 67; CSOL II 390 )

Indeclinable; can be used to denote situation in the present; in the past; with no clear temporal reference; used with ke- to introduce the possessor; used with be- to introduce the carrier of inalienable features (body parts etc.); íno di- as an equivalent of an indefinite pronoun.

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énbe - to call, to give a name (Naumkin et al. 2015a:80; CSOL II 546; CSOL I 618; LS 255)

pass. enbö́we or ínbi (yenóubɛ/ľinbó)

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enberέˀiŝ - Q NII. to get in motion (LS 94, CSOL I 519)
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inέm - what? (CSOL II 391; LS 67; Naumkin et al. 2015a:57; CSOL I 475)

ľínhɛm ‘why?’ > inέm

kenínhɛm 'from what?' (CSOL III) 

dínhɛm 'of what kind?' (CSOL III) 

mínhɛm 'of what?' (CSOL III)

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énṭen, énṭe, enṭ - a little, a bit (CSOL II 391; CSOL I 475; LS 57)

áľa enṭ enṭ 'slowly, carefully'

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éˀereʰ, éreʰ - moon (CSOL II 391; CSOL I 475; LS 72)