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Soqotri Lexicon
جٞابٞى
gébe (yegóbe/ľigbέ)
basic morphological information
text examples
1.
a. neḥóre keʰ gebéˀen ‘We’ll try if we can.’ (CSOL II 1:65)
b. aḷ-ˀegɛbóˀoʰ ḷerḳíḥos ‘We won’t be able to pull it out.’ (CSOL II 23:7)
2.
a. entáḥki ho wa-ṭad men masˀuľín wa-ˀaḷ gébe tho ‘I was arguing with an official and he couldn’t get the better of me.’ (CSOL I 23:14)
b. dékom tho id-fέne ṭad wa-ʸheʰ ˁeẓ̂ ṣetk toʸh wa-ˁámok nɔ́fin aḷ-ˀegóbeš ‘Someone struck me in the face, and he was quite strong. I looked at him and said to myself: “I can’t beat him.”’ (CSOL I 17:13)
morphological notes
3 sg. f. gibóˀoʰ.
semantic notes
‘To be able to do something (jussive)’ (1b)
‘To be able to do overcome someone (direct object)’ (2a)
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