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Soqotri Lexicon
رٞحَا
rᵉḥa (du. rᵉḥáˀi, pl. erḥáyoʰ)
basic morphological information
text examples
fɔ́ne έˀɛfo yeṭéḥen be-megˁeḷéḷoʰ waľľá be-rᵉḥa keʰ meḳdέreʰ wa-keʰ bámbeʰ wa-keʰ šeˁér wa-keʰ írhɛz ‘In earlier times, people were grinding maize, or millet, or barley, or rice, with a hand-mill consisting of two separate stones, or with a hand-mill consisting of two slabs on an axis’ (field notes)
root
etymology
From PS *riḥay- with the same meaning (LS 397, Fronzaroli 1972: 633).