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Soqotri Lexicon
رِييُم
ríyom (yéryem/ľiryέm or ľiryóm)
basic morphological information
text examples
a. fóter di-ˁaḷyémoʰ di-ḥáẓ̂hoḷ yéryem ‘The fruit stalk of the crown of the di-ḥáẓ̂hol palm is long’ (CSOL I 9:3)
b. bónik ḳáˁar wa-gédeḥ tho éˀefo wa-ˁémer énhi tor énṭen kor téryem wa-ˀédofk wa-tork tos énṭen ‘I started to build a house, but some people came and said to me: “Extend it a bit further to make it longer”’ (CSOL I 18:37)
c. škᵉroʰ di-ˁážeʰ díˀseʰ men gad keʰ kánoʰ maḥréṭoʰ wa-ṭaʰ mes ŝef keʰ ríyom wa-ˀeḥέyrer wa-ṭaʰ náṣar keʰ ráḥab ‘The beauty of a woman, of her body, is if she is tall, and also if her hair is long and black, and if her cheeks are broad’ (field notes)
root
derivates
- éryem to make long
etymology
PWS *rwm/rym to be high, tall, long
continental MSA
- Jib. rihm tall, long