ghiíṛ ghee; semi-liquid butter (used for cooking)

• • ghee; semi-liquid butter (used for cooking)

  • • Example 342:
      

      índa tu bíiḍu trokíilu hínu, táa tu čhoót, ghiíṛ, o čoóng khaá ba bhakulíiṛ.

      índa

      here

      tu

      2sg.nom

      bíiḍ

      much

      -u

      -MSG

      troké

      become.thin

      -íl

      -pfv

      -u

      -MSG

      hin

      be.prs

      -u

      -MSG

      táa

      there.REM

      tu

      2sg.nom

      čhoót

      cheese

      ghiíṛ

      butter

      óo

      and

      čoóng

      cheese

      kha

      eat

      -í

      -CV

      ba

      top

      bhakulé

      fatten

      -eṛ

      -2sg

      Here [in the village] you have become very thin. There [in the high pasture] you eat cheese and butter and become fat.

      Source:

      A:KAT007

    • Example 880:
      

      eetás matílu seentá tasíi bi ghiíṛ bháanu.

      eetás

      3sg.REM.acc

      maté

      churn

      -íl

      -pfv

      -u

      -MSG

      seentá

      CONDH

      tasíi

      3sg.gen

      bi

      SEP

      ghiíṛ

      butter

      bhe

      become

      -án

      -prs

      -u

      -MSG

      When that has been churned, it becomes butter.

      Source:

      A:KEE041

    • Example 1806:
      

      ṣiṣá wée ghiíṛ bi bilaá uṛíitu heentá, teeṇíi na bháanu.

      ṣiṣ

      head

      -a

      -obl

      wée

      into

      ghiíṛ

      butter

      bi

      SEP

      bilá

      melt

      -í

      -CV

      uṛíit

      let.go.pfv

      -u

      -MSG

      heentá

      CONDL

      teeṇíi

      refl

      na

      neg

      bhe

      become

      -án

      -prs

      -u

      -MSG

      Even if you melt ghee and pour it over his head, he'll still not be yours. [Proverb]

      Source:

      A:NH12:1:127