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مُكْلِي

mókľi (du. mokľíˀi, pl. mekέḷe)

basic morphological information

n. (m.)

house
дом
بيت

Naumkin et al. 2022:254

text examples

šin έˀɛfo be-saḳɔ́ṭri yeˁómer égnihin ˁan íľʸhen mekέḷe wa-ˁan íľʸhen tímhɛr wa-basátin ‘In our land, in Soqotra, people make stone fences around their houses and their palm gardens’ (Naumkin et al. 2022:254)

root

klˀ

etymology

In all probability, ultimately related to kóḷe ‘to turn’, cf. the meanings of its continental MSA cognates: Mhr. kelū ‘to come; to bring home’, Jib. kélé ‘to come home’.