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Soqotri Lexicon
مَضْفٞارُو
maẓ̂féroʰ (du. maẓ̂feróti, pl. maẓ̂feréten)
basic morphological information
text examples
fɔ́ne be-zemán benö́we ṭaʰ ẓ̂afóri wa-ˁímɛr heʸh ḳaṣ wa-ˁímɛr heʸh tri maẓ̂feróti ṭeʸh men fέne wa-ṭeʸh men ḥérhen ‘In former times they used to build this way, with two rows of stones for each wall, and a mixture of clay and water put between them; so two rows of stones, one in front and one behind’ (CSOL II 27:24)
root
derivates
- ẓ̂afóri a wall built of two rows of stones
etymology
From PWS *ṣ̂pr ‘to plait’.