مٞرْقِيُو
merḳíyoʰ
basic morphological information

n. (f.)

seasonal transhumance to upper areas
сезонный перегон скота на возвышенность
ترحُّلٌ إلى مناطق مرتفعة
CSOL I 637
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).

root
derivates
  • réḳe to take one’s livestock to upper area
  • érḳe to move (tr.), to take one’s livestock to another place
  • šérḳe to transhume from the lower areas of the central plateau to the upper areas