v. (X)

a. ľišóriḳ wa-ľiṭnón a-ḥamd ‘May one travel (well) and have a good rest!’ (Naumkin et al. 2015a:44)

b. šérḳe έˀɛfo men ľéḥe di-ˁaḷέ ‘People migrated from below to above’ (Naumkin et al. 2015a:46)

The verb designates the seasonal transhumance of the Soqotri pastoralists from the lower areas of the central plateau to the upper areas (called merḳíyo).

• réḳe to take one’s livestock to upper area
• érḳe to move (tr.), to take one’s livestock to another place
• merḳíyoʰ seasonal transhumance to upper areas