tema'shight vocabulary— verbs. 603 
I reverse my shirty abiregwalegh 
rishabani. 
1 gird my loins, ehereldegh 
bessa; egebessagh. 
161. / put on fine clothes, elasagh 
temalsaten ihoskatnen. 
The Tawdrek everywhere, in 
their encampments {tentoria 
sua) put on their worst cloth- 
ing, Imoshagh kodihen eha- 
nan nissen sassaharen ashel- 
rohera annesen. 
/ assume all my weapons, is- 
dawagh tazolinin iketenes. 
162. I sling on my sword, shelagagh 
takobani. 
a city wall. A simpler root is iralay ; see 
136. 
Ehe- and ege- mark present tense, as ai 
of Kab. In fact we have ahi in 166. 
Bessa, waist ? Kab. ames, middle. See 
amos, 143. 
161. Elis clothing (of gun) ; isilse, man's 
dress ; Has, he dressed himself, put on ; 
temalsat, garment. This root is also Kab., 
where it is apt to be confused with other 
roots, — illes, he touched; illes, he sheared 
sheep ; which I have not found in Barth. 
" A fleece " combines the ideas of shearing 
and clothing. 
Ihoskatnen is fem. pi. from ihosken (a 
participial form), handsome. 
Isdau, he collected, from idau, it was 
collected : whence tidauen, they congre- 
gate ; amidi, a friend. In Kab. this root is 
replaced by idukkel, whence also amdukkel, 
a friend ; isdukkel, he collected. 
Tazoli, iron, weapon ; from Kab. wezzal, 
iron. Root, gzl, to cut, &c. 
162. Ishelag, he put over the left 
shoulder ? Teshilge, the left. 
/ (we ?) lay down arms, nekes 
tazolinin. (98.) 
/ undress, nekes rishabani. ( We 
take off my shirt ?) 
163. 1 wash, saradagh. 
Washed {not new), arid. 
\_It is washed, ired.] 
I wash my face, radebagh idemin. 
/ wash my hands, rassemagli 
ifassin. 
/ wring out the water from my 
shirt, zymmogli rishabani. 
164. 1 dry my shirt, basaragh risha- 
bani. 
My shirt is not yet dried, risha- 
bani indi tibsarit. 
/ hang in the air, nekes ore- 
kagh igetan har tejmat in- 
nikkal, or abelanbak [/ hang 
(it) flying, until the moisture 
comes out 
165. /cover, ushikambashagh. (See 
158.) 
Shave my head, sarsahi eraf in 
[eghaf ini]. 
163. Ired, sired, are also Kab. 
Irddeb, he bathes with the hand ? 
Irdsem, he besprinkles ? pours upon ? 
Kab. has ireshshu for this ; but so Barth, 
reshresh, rain-drops. 
164. Ihsar, he dried, or was dry ? 
Tibsarit seems to have Arab fem. termi- 
nation ? (ikiu in Kab.) 
Nek esoregagh ? I hang up ? 
Igetan, poles ? igetan, flying. 
Tejmat =tegmat, with Arab. fem. termina- 
tion. See igem, 138. 118. 
Innikkdl, abelanbak, moisture ? 
165. Sars, shave thou; ars, be thou 
shaved ? 
