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Soqotri Lexicon
ڸٞاط
ḷeṭ (yeḷáṭ/ľáḷaṭ)
basic morphological information
text examples
a. ḷeṭ ʸheʰ éʸhor wa-ˁeḷɛ́boʰ ˁážeʰ díˀseʰ ˁeyyúg fáḥre taľátaʰ méʸhen ˁeḷɛbótšen ‘He followed them, in his turn, and in the end the woman castrated them all—each of the three she castrated.’ (CSOL I 1:31)
b. nö́botk tímhɛr ˁaf yétḥor fe be-ˀídi men íˀľɛb di-tímhɛr wa-ḷeṭátoʰ ídi aḷ-ˁedɛ́toʰ eḳrɛymemétoʰ wa-ˀaḷ-ˁedɛ́toʰ šebáḥtoʰ ‘I was pollinating palm trees and my hands hurt from the thorns. They couldn’t close or open.’ (CSOL I 28:21)
root
etymology
PWS *lwṭ to twist, to turn, to do a second time