n. (f.)
1. нижняя часть хвоста; 2. колос
الجزء السفلي من الذيل
1. šin be-saḳɔ́tri ˁag ḷaḷ yóuʸhor díˀʸheʰ bᵉˁer wa-kse déḥeẓ̂ be-ˀórem ľázem yíľoʸh be-kerbéḷoʰ di-dónib kor aḷ-ľidḥáẓ̂ bᵉˁer ‘In our land, in Soqotra, when somebody drives his camel and finds that the road is slippery, he has to hold the camel by the tip of its tail to prevent it from slipping away’ (Naumkin et al. 2016b:76)
2. fɔ́ne έˀɛfo tóˀo yeˁómer benóbhen wa-núfaˁ súwa men éľbeb wa-seʰ tóudod wa-tenkerɛbíľin wa-tšenáfaˁ ˁaf taˁmέr kέrbɛhɛḷ... ‘In earlier times, when people were growing finger millet, it was done well, from the heart, and it (finger millet) was thick and intertwined, and it was growing well and finally produced spikes...’ (field notes)
No etymology detected (Naumkin et al. 2016b:76). Johnstone compares Mhr. kárbel ‘to crawl on the knees’, Jib. ekɛrbél ‘to become a cripple’, but this is hardly suitable semantically.