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Soqotri Lexicon
مٞلْحٞى
méľḥe (du. mέḷḥoy, pl. mέḷḥo)
basic morphological information
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semantic notes
While usually applied to goats, méľḥe and mέḷḥe can occasionally be used about other animals:
še ḥumár méľḥe aḷ-yešégeŝ kaḷ be-dέfɛ di-ḳáˁyehɛr ‘I have a donkey accustomed to staying with people, and it grazes only near dwellings’ (CSOL II 22:1)
other notes
a. dim. meḷaḥáyhen (du. meḷaḥayíni, pl. meḷaḥáyhon)
b. méľḥe ‘a male goat accustomed to stay in the living compound’ is homonymous with méľḥe ‘a kid sucking from a goat other than its mother’.
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