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with subdialect differences. What I have shown in this discussion is that there is
definitely an opportunity here for a poet to capitalize on, as lê and belê (and perhaps lê
belê) can be used interchangeably, providing the poet syllable length options. More
research may reveal that poets are capitalizing on these subdialect differences.
(289) lê belê dest-ê xudan-î ew=e neqiqaş-ê qeder (BS1:13)
but yes hand-EZ.M Lord-OBL.M 3D=COP.PRS.3SG painter-EZ.M fate
‘Yes, it’s in God’s hand; he’s the painter of fate.’
(290) ew di dil da nîşte_cê-y-Ø-e lê belê çav-ê (BS1:30)
3D in heart in settle:PST-PRF-be:PST-3SG but yes eye-EZ.M
me lê
us on.1OM
‘He has settled in our hearts, yes, but we will keep our eyes on him.’
In Duhî Spêdê Liser Banî, ‘Yesterday Morning On The Rooftop,’ Nalbend used
two different forms of a word meaning ‘liver,’ one having one syllable, the other two. In
line 27, below in (291), he used cerg; in line 30, shown in (292), he used ceger.
Potentially, one of these words was more common to his spoken language; the other from
another area. The word mêlak, also used by Nalbend several times, is also translated as
‘liver.’
(291) li min sot sing u cerg u dil (AN1:27)
in 1OP burn.PST-3SG chest and liver and heart
‘My chest and liver and heart in me were burnt.’
(292) ewê dil bir-Ø ceger ker_kir-Ø (AN1:30)
3D heart take.PST-3SG liver break.apart.PST-3SG
‘She took the heart and broke apart the liver.’
Nalbend also used two words meaning ‘finger.’ In line 53 of Xoşe Wekî Cenetê,
ˈIt’s Wonderful Like Heaven,’ the word til was used. In line 9 of Kiçkek Me Divêt, ‘We
Want A Girl,’ he used the word tibl. 113 Nalbend used til, as opposed to tibl because it has
113 The a on tibl is a feminine ezafe, connecting the modifying reflexive pronoun xwo (another spelling for
xwe). In tibla the i elided and the l became the onset for the second syllable. Such elisions are discussed in
§ 5.3.2 of this paper.