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Soqotri Lexicon
حُيْهِي
ḥóʸhi
basic morphological information
text examples
a. eḳdémoʰ ˁeʸh tóˀo rézaḥ ḳerέfoʰ ˁeʸh ḥóʸhi ‘When they saw him tired, they hurled dirt at him’ (CSOL II 14:47)
b. ḳáḷaˁk eṣféroʰ be-ˀóben wa-ḷégotk tos di-ri wa-ˀebróḥoʰ be-ḥóʸhi ‘I hurled a stone at a sparrow and hit it in the head, then it fell to the ground’ (CSOL I 8:19)
c. máẓ̂aˁ ˁaf yeṭarέboʰ meʸh ḥouľíľi di-ḥóʸhi ‘He tried to take a bite, and two of his dogteeth fell to the ground’ (CSOL I 2:51)
other notes
ḥóʸhe ‘on the ground’: wa-báˁad ḥaˁámok ŝáˀbi ḥóʸhe di-gέme ‘Then I put my feet to the ground and began walking down’ (CSOL II 12:9)
root
etymology
Proto-MSA *ḥašy- earth, soil