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Soqotri Lexicon
بٞانٞى
béne
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a. érem fɔ́ne be-zemán trɔ ḳaḳáyhi yaˁaẓ̂ánoʰ men ṭahedédši béne béne ‘In times of old, there were two brothers who loved each other very much’ (CSOL I 19:1)
b. wa-ˀérhon neḳéḷen mésen deš di-ˁáḷho wa-máˁḷeʰ šiš béne wa-riˀímeʰ ‘Among the goats, the best were picked up, the most loved by him and which were most attached to him’ (CSOL II 8:9)
c. wa-šéṣeb énhi wa-ṭark ˁeʸh béne wa-ḳárek ‘I was anticipating the victory in my heart and bound him with a strong oath. Then I read it’ (CSOL II 1:92)
d. saḳt be-siyáraʰ béne ‘I was driving fast in my car’ (CSOL II 15:34)
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