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Soqotri Lexicon
نٞاف
nef (yenóf/ľánɛf)
text examples
a. éḳdomk ˁag di-nέhɛr óˀorem wa-ḥan ṣeḷóben wa-ˀáḷaḥk šeʸh wa-nefk heʸh kor yegodíḥin wa-yóutom šin ‘I saw a man who was walking along the road, and we had slaughtered (a goat). I called him and waved to him so that he would come and participate in our meaľ (field notes)
morphological notes
Note the irregular 1 sg. form nefk (instead of the expected nofk) in example a. The form nofk is also accepted by the language consultants.
other notes
Cf. nέfnef
root
derivates
- nef waving
etymology
Proto-MSA *nwp to make a sign