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Soqotri Lexicon
آٞلٞل
éľeľ (du. iľíľi, pl. éḷhoḷ)
text examples
a. ˁámok e-díˀʸho bɛ́bɛʰ óˀoz feľánaʰ ŝink tos ˁíggoʰ éľeľ ˁö́mor méḷokk ˁámok méḷokk ‘I said to my father: “I saw that such-and-such a goat gave birth to a female kid.” He said: “Are you sure?” I said: “I’m sure”’ (CSOL I 10:9)
b. wa-diľáḳoʰ ke-ˁag érhon aˁyégen érhon men trɔ iľíľi ‘And the man’s goats became plentiful. The goats were even giving birth to female twins!’ (CSOL II 13:34)
morphological notes
Grammatically masculine, although designating a female animal.
root
etymology
Etymologically uncertain, for a tentative comparison with PS *laˀlaˀ- ‘kid’ see Naumkin et al. 2016b:58.