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Soqotri Lexicon
قٞيْهَن
ḳéyhɛn (du. ḳeyέni, pl. ḳéyhon, f. ḳíno, du. ḳinóti, pl. ḳenhíten)
basic morphological information
text examples
1. be-zemán aľ-ˀáwwaľ ˁayn di-Ḳíso ˁayn ḳínoʰ ḳínoʰ kɛ́rhen temóḷe ḳáŝˁer ‘In times of old, there was a spring in Qiso, a very small one — just enough to fill a water-skin’ (CSOL I 7:1)
2. ho ʸhégaˁk díˀʸho ˁážeʰ wa-seʰ ˁédoʰ ḳínoʰ wa-hó ˁak aḷ-báˁaḷk tos ‘I fell in love with my wife when she was young and I was not as yet married to her’ (Naumkin et al. 2019a:87)
3. ˁö́mor de ḳéyhɛn súwa ‘The younger brother said: “Alright”’ (CSOL I 17:23)
semantic notes
‘Smalľ: meaning a.
‘Younger’: meaning b.
root
derivates
- ḳéyhɛn to be small