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Soqotri Lexicon
لٞحٞى
ľeḥé
basic morphological information
text examples
aḷ-ˁad tómiˁ ľiṭrέb aḷ-ʸheʰ ľeḥé wa-ˀaḷ-ʸheʰ ˁaľέ ‘He didn’t want to go farther, neither down, nor up’ (CSOL I 9:2)
semantic notes
root
derivates
- šéḷḥe 1. to be low; 2. to be deep
- ḷéḥe to join a kid to a goat other than its mother for suckling
- ľáḥi feeding a kid goat
- méľḥe a kid sucking from a goat other than its mother
- méľḥe a male goat accustomed to stay in the living compound
- mέḷḥeʰ a female goat accustomed to stay in the living compound
- éḷḥe to lower, to make deep
etymology
Compared to PArm root *lḥy ‘(to be) bad’, but all further etymological equations are doubtful. (see Kogan 2015:427)