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Soqotri Lexicon
أَمْهَش
ɛ́ˀɛmhɛ-, ɛ́mhɛ-
basic morphological information
text examples
éḳdomk ˁážeʰ di-ḳáddamat diˀáḷ ḳáẓ̂i ˁámok ɛ ken sóˀoʰ fɔ́ne deš ˁážeʰ di-boḳ ɛ́mhɛs ŝfáḳeʰ keʰ kóḥoʰ seʰ eʸhɛ́roʰ ɛ́mhɛs ken kfes keʰ eróḥoʰ ˁes ‘I saw a woman who was presenting her case to a judge. And I said: “Oh, her mother before was indeed very clever. Now this woman, if she could just follow the example of her mother, that would be enough for her, if she could manage it.”’ (CSOL II 30:13)
morphological notes
Used with pronominal suffixes only.
|
Sg. |
Du. |
Pl. |
1 |
- |
ɛˀɛmhɛ́ki |
- |
2 m. |
ɛ́ˀɛmhɛk or ɛ́ˀɛmhɛtk |
ɛˀɛmhɛ́ki |
ɛˀɛmhɛ́ken or ɛˀɛmhɛ́tken |
2 f. |
ɛ́ˀɛmhɛš or ɛ́ˀɛmhɛy or ɛ́ˀɛmhɛtš |
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3 m. |
ɛ́ˀɛmhɛš or ɛ́ˀɛmhɛʸh or ɛ́ˀɛmhɛtš |
ɛˀɛmhɛ́ʸhi |
ɛˀɛmhɛ́ʸhen or ɛˀɛmhɛ́tšen |
3 f. |
ɛ́ˀɛmhɛs or ɛ́ˀɛmhɛts |
ɛˀɛmhɛ́sen or ɛˀɛmhɛ́tsen |
1 sg. and pl. forms are unknown to the informants and could not be elicited from them.
root
etymology
From PS *ˀimm- ‘mother’.