mark 1 [n.] mïerhke, mearhke; ~ left on something to remember it væhta; carve in a name as a ~ nommem tjaeledh væhtine; one who changes reindeer ~s jearoehtæjja; reindeer with an unclear ~ smarhtje, smarhtje-bovtse, smirhtse-bovtje; changed ear ~ sompere-mïerhke; unclear ear ~ (one has purchased a reindeer and its ear ~ cannot be changed to match the new owner's respective ~) sompere-mïerhke; reindeer with a changed ear ~ sompere-bieljie; reindeer that has been re~ed multiple times snavra-bieljie; main reindeer ~ maadth-mïerhke; small, semi-round or notch-shaped ear ~ tsiehkie, bæhta; small ~ on the side of a reindeer's ear saerkie, saerkie-galth-bæhta; rounded ~ on the upper edge of a reindeer's ear govre; ear ~ starting at the tip and running downward along its length sloeptje, seerkeldh, seerkeldahke; small, branching reindeer ear ~ (criss-cross or scissor-shaped) skaarja; ear ~ in which the tip of the ear is cropped namhpe; slanted cut on a reindeer's ear snïjre; large, angular ear ~ kruehkie, skaavhte; knowledgeable of reindeer ~s snuarhtehke, snåarhtehke, snaarhtehke 2 [v.] leave a ~ on smth., e.g. with a twig or rock vïhtesjidh; ~ a reindeer mïerhkedh; ~ a reindeer calf mïerhkesjidh, mearhkesjidh, meerhkedh; ~ reindeer calves mearhkodh, mïerhkesjadtedh; be ~ed mïerhkelgovvedh, mearhkelgoevijh, mïerhkelgidh, mearhkelgidh; ~ed mïerhkeldahkesne, mearhkeldahkesne; be ~ed (reindeer) tseahhalgidh; ~ed (reindeer) tsïehkeldahkesne, tseahkaldahkesne; ~ed reindeer calf mïerhkeldh-miesie, mearhkeldh-miesie; give a reindeer the wrong ~ jiejedh, jeajodh, jeajijh; give a reindeer a new ear ~ jearoehtidh, jearahtidh, jieriehtidh, jyörehtidh; unclearly ~ed (reindeer) [pred.] smarhtjan; change a reindeer's ear ~ by cutting until it is unrecognizable somperdehtedh; ~ a notch into smth., e.g. to tally reindeer tseahkodh, tseahkijh, tjeahkijh 3 [unit] (1/4 kg) maerhkie, vïekestahke