v. (X_II)

1. 

a. šerɛˀéʸhoʰ tho di-ḥaʰ di-náṣar ɛ́hɛ di-ḥaʰ ‘She kissed me here, on one of my cheeks’ (CSOL I 18:11)

b. wa-šénaḥ deʸh mḥámmad ˁö́mor tšerɛˀéʸhen ḥe díˀʸho ˁážeʰ ‘Then Muhammad began to quarrel with him. He said: “You are kissing my wife!”’ (CSOL I 22:56)

2.

a. ḥer ˁéyyek ḷešrɛ́ˀiš díˀʸho bɛ́bɛʰ ‘Today I want to go to see my father’ (CSOL I 6:32)

b. wa-tóˀo éreḥ díˀʸhen ḳáˁar ṭáhɛr ṣáľeḥ yešrɛˀéʸhen e-díˀʸheʰ bɛ́bɛʰ wa-díˀʸheʰ bíyyoʰ ‘When they got home, Saleh went to greet his father and his mother’ (CSOL I 22:56)

The traditional greeting, understood by Soqotrans as “kissing,” involves touching nose to cheek. (CSOL I:270, fn. 4)

‘To kiss someone (direct object)’ (1a, b)

‘To greet someone (direct object)’ (2a)

‘To greet someone (e-)’ (2b)

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