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Soqotri Lexicon
قَصْقٞص؛ قَسْقٞس
ḳáṣḳeṣ or ḳásḳes (yeḳáṣḳeṣ/ľiḳáṣḳaṣ)
basic morphological information
text examples
1. wa-ˁouyɛ́ghɛn yeḳádom tóˀo ḥouzózen ˁeʸh íľʸheʰ érhon wa-ʸheʰ yeḳásḳes díˀʸheʰ ṭifɛréten ‘And the boy watched how the goats he was to inherit were being slaughtered, while he was biting his nails.’ (CSOL I 28:5)
2. éḳdomk ˁážeʰ di-ḳáṣḳeṣ be-maḳáṣ díˀseʰ ḳamíṣ ‘I saw a woman who was cutting her dress with scissors.’ (field notes)
morphological notes
v. n. ḳaṣḳέṣeʰ or ḳasḳέseʰ: etéḳtik be-ḳasḳέseʰ di-záˁadhim ḳáṣḳeṣ ḳáŝˁor ‘I woke up because of a mouse gnawing at the (empty) skin vessels.’ (CSOL I 28:5)
other notes
Not to be confused with ḳásḳes ‘to knock’.
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