Barbīsh (Syria)- Tube (of a narghile, an enema, etc.)
Khartūm- Probiscus, Trunk (of an elephant), Hose
-Wehr
I was showing the drovers how our water purifying pump turned clear the dark swill poured from their newly tanned goatskins. Lucky me not to have had Wehr at hand when I needed to translate the word Tube. He might have sent me down a rabbit hole, giving a Syrian word likely to be misunderstood in Sudan, especially when the tube clogged after a minute and broke the pump. Muhammad said, It’s worthless, meaning my Elephant Trunk, not my Enema.