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Soqotri Lexicon
مُالِى
móľi (du. moľíˀi, pl. moľíyin, f. moľíyye, du. moľíti, pl. moľihéten)
basic morphological information
text examples
béne ˁag ˁarέbeʰ ˁar deš ˁarέbeʰ di-benö́we ŝinέfoʰ aḷ-ˀeṣḍéboʰ ˁam ber ˁag aḷ-kɔḷ ľiṣáb ˁarέbeʰ ˁar aḷ-móľi ‘A man built a fence, but this fence got slanted, not straight, because this man could not get the fence straight, he was not an expert’ (Bulakh 2024:159)
root
derivates
- ḷe to hold, to seize, to catch
etymology
PS *lwy to turn, to twist, to surround