KGT 30: while the verb ghIH means "be messy, sloppy" in ta' Hol and in most dialects, in the towns near Ruk'evet (ruq'e'vet), ghIH means "be careless". The more widespread word for "be careless" is yepHa', and this word is used in addition to ghIH in the Ruk'evet area. To say "be messy, sloppy", the Ruk'evet inhabitants say Soy', a verb meaning "be clumsy" elsewhere. The Ruk'evet word for "be clumsy" is jat, which is phonetically identical to the noun meaning "tongue". SEE ALSO: yepHa' be careless (v) po' be skilled (v) yep be careful (v)

For "awkward" as in the sense of "not graceful", use Soy'.