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Soqotri Lexicon
صٞابٞر
ṣéber (yeṣábor/ľiṣbór)
basic morphological information
text examples
a. toyk ľim di-ṣibέroʰ ‘I ate a sour lemon’ (field notes)
b. ˁážeʰ eṣbéroʰ díˀseʰ ḥéḷob ˁaf yeṣábor ˁegében nerέ wa-ˀaḷ-ˀékob ḷe-nafs men tóˀo ṣéber ‘A woman made her buttermilk too sour, and we wanted to drink it, but it was not appetizing for us because it was too sour’ (Bulakh et al. 2021:261)
root
derivates
- ṣö́bhor tamarind (Tamarindus indica)
- éṣber to make (milk etc.) too sour
- ṣóubhɛr sour
- ṣóubehɛr, ṣóuˀeher a herb with strong but pleasant smell (Ocimum forskolei)