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Soqotri Lexicon
مٞرْقِيُو
merḳíyoʰ
basic morphological information
n. (f.)
seasonal transhumance to upper areas
сезонный перегон скота на возвышенность
ترحُّلٌ إلى مناطق مرتفعة
CSOL I 637
сезонный перегон скота на возвышенность
ترحُّلٌ إلى مناطق مرتفعة
text examples
fɔ́ne έˀɛfo yéľe be-merḳíyoʰ wa-mezhíroʰ wa-ˀaḷ-yeboḷéges wa-ḥer ṣ̌éyyor di-yíreḳ wa-yezóhor ‘In earlier times, people regularly migrated to upper areas and to lower areas, and never failed to do it. But today, only a few people transhume to upper and lower areas’ (field notes)
semantic notes
This seasonal migration usually takes place in July and February (CSOL I:345).
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