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Soqotri Lexicon
أعليلو
aˁľíľoʰ
text examples
aˁľíľoʰ di-diľáḳoʰ téken be-ḥágrohon aḷ-tóˀo be-ˀegέḷes ‘Abundant clouds are in the upper areas, unlike the plateaus’ (field notes)
other notes
The term is used to designate “white cloud,” as opposed to ḥéyhor ‘black cloud.’
root
etymology
To be compared to Mhr. γellēt ‘mist’, Jib. γíẑẑɔt ‘mist’. Further parallels uncertain (Kogan 2015:555). The underlying *γ in Soqotri is assured by the Western forms with γ (Morris–Watson 2019:99).