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مَعْقِيقُو
maˁḳíḳoʰ
basic morphological information
text examples
ṭeʸh šɔm estóˁoʰ wa-šerɛbídoʰ be-mέtaḷ di-ˁeẓ̂ wa-ˀeróḥoʰ ˁaf maˁḳíḳoʰ ṭad ˁáḳiḳ e-dɛg ‘One day they (du. m.) met and started to scold each other with strong words. Finally it came to the middle finger: one of them showed the middle finger to another one’ (field notes)
root
derivates
- ˁáḳiḳ to insult, to tease (usually by showing a middle finger)
etymology