díˀʸho múgšem ḥáher di-šawárib - áˁreb '(A riddle) My boy, black with a mustache - A raven.' ( CSOL II 12:18)
dim. ḥourírhin in ḥourírhin di-ˁayn 'eye-pupiľ:
ṭánˀeʰ kanétoʰ mes ˁáyni ṣefr ľa deʰ ḥourírhin di-ˁayn wa-ľa-bíľeʰ ṣefr kɛ́ˀľiʰ 'And her eyes were like this — yellow, no pupils, nothing, just yellowness, both of her eyes.' ( CSOL I 18:18)
rénhem ḥóuroʰ 'dark sea, dark-blue sea' (the adjective 'black' is a regular epithet of sea in Soqotri).
'unripe, green (about dates)':
ḥíľeʰ téken ḳabľ aḷ-tfᵉẓ̂aḥ ḥaḷóḷeʰ wa-seʰ ˁédoʰ ḥóuroʰ wa-ḷaḷ tšᵉráḳaḥ men ḳánfer téken di-feṭáṭhɛn wa-ḷaṭ téken ḥíľeʰ 'An unripe date is a date before it gets ripe. It is as yet green (lit. black). When it appears from the pedicle it is called di-feṭáṭhɛn , and then it becomes ḥíľeʰ ' (field notes)