157. _I fasten_, ékanagh.

_Are the camels picketed, or not?_ immĕnās ikerāfen, mer war

ikerāfen? (43.)

_Shall I tie the horse or loosen (him)?_ agiagh aïs, mer aregh?

[Shall I _do_ the horse, or undo him?]

_Let him eat that fine herbage_, áyit adíkshe téshe tindegh

tahōsket.

_Set (ye) the horses free_, símbarit íyesan.

_I set free_, asímbaragh.

[Note: _Igan_, Kab., he tied, fastened.

_Agiagh_ is pres. or fut. of _iga_, 39.

_Irra_ means “to shut” in Kab., but “to loosen and open” in Temght. Two

verbs seem to be confused, namely, Ghad. _efer_, shut thou, Temght,

_eher_, which represents Kab. _err_, related perhaps to Shilha _iwerri_,

he returned (_w_ is the _r_ of Ghádamsi?), Kab. _irra_, he brought back,

came back: but Ghad. _er_, loosen thou, which is Temght _ar_ or _ur_;

connected perhaps with _eheru, egheru_, loose. See 63.

_Teshe_ = Kab. _teje_, grass, &c.

_Isímbara_, he set free. See 54.]

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