أٞرْبُاعُو
erbóˁoʰ (órbiˁ with feminine nouns)
basic morphological information

num.

four
четыре
أربعة
LS 73; CSOL I 632; CSOL II 391
text examples

wa-ˀíno di-yeráḳaḥ ḷe-ŝᵉľɛʰ ˁeyhɔ́nten wa-ˀíno ḷe-ˀórbiˁ wa-ľhɛg ḷe-ʸhóbiˁ ‘And some of them start to produce the female inflorescence at three years, others at four, and others at seven’ (CSOL II 9:13)

morphological notes

The authochthonous form of the numeral for ‘4’, in modern Soqotri (as other numerals from ‘3’ upwards) restricted to counting of livestock and replaced elsewhere with an Arabic borrowing.

root
etymology
PS *ˀarbaˁ- four