90. _I write_, katăbagh. (Arab.)

_Written_, iktab.

_I count_, esedanagh.

_Counted_, isĕdan.

_Are these cowries counted, or not?_ timgel ídagh isédănen, mer

war isédănen?

_What is the name of this in Tarkíye?_ wādagh, innagh ismennis se

Temáshight?

_Your name?_ isménnek?

91. _I pray_, umādagh. [From _Arab._ _ʿamad_, which degenerated from

the idea of _confirming_ into the ecclesiastical _baptizing_.]

_Have you finished your prayer?_ ke tesýmdet timadénnek?

[Note: _Tesymdet_ belongs to an important root, _imĕda_, it is finished

(36.); _imḍa_ in Delaporte’s Shilha. Barth has _ejumádade_, (the nights)

are passed. Causative, _isimda_, he ended. Also _imende_ [= imemḍe?],

(our food) is finished, gone. See further under 103.]

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