niaaṭíi to shear (wool), shave

Part of Speech v.tr
Inflection Class L:e (Prs): niaaṭáanu, (Pfv): nieeṭílu, (Cv): nieeṭí, (Imp): niaaṭá
    • to shear (wool), shave
      • Example 1400:
        yíiṛi pamá buleeḍí gíi ta, tas ba ghaší nieeṭíli.
        yíiṛi
        ewe
        pam
        wool
        -a
        -pl
        buláḍ
        search.for
        -í
        -CV
        gíi
        go.pfv.FSG
        ta
        DS
        tas
        3sg.acc
        ba
        top
        ghašé
        catch
        -í
        -CV
        niaaṭé
        shear
        -íl
        -pfv
        -i
        -f
        The sheep went to search for wool, but someone caught it and sheared its wool off [Proverb].
        Source:
        A:NH12:1:175