I hide under a tussock, I run away. Ma pugūb mätāl alā, ūrgõb jarā.
to walk with one's back hunched kīrsõ kǟ’dõ
a hump on [one's] back, with a broken back pūmpa sǟlgas, jarā murdtõd sǟlgaks
Don't keep [your] back so hunched either. Sǟlga ka alā pidā ne’i pūmpas.
to be hungry nǟlgas vȱlda
to starve to death, to die of hunger nälgõ kūolõ
Hunger teaches prayers. Nǟlga opātõb pǭţiri.
The glutton is starving. Nägāļi u’m nǟlgas.
The person is hungry like a wolf (~ dog). Rištīng u’m nǟlgas ne’iku su’ž (~ pi’ņ).
[I] am so hungry that I would also eat a wolf. Ne’i je’n u’m nǟlgasõ, ku ma sīeks su’d ka jarā.
The hunk is getting smaller [~wearing down, decreasing]. Nukā kulūb.
