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المعجم السقطري
بٞرَافَيه
be-rέfɛʸh
الأمثلة النصية
a. tóˀo ḷáḳdɛm ˁes óˁod be-rέfɛʸh wa-tóˀo ḷáḷaṭ ˁans di-naṣf wa-ḷestáḫľef tos éšoˁ ‘Whenever I could see her, I went slowly, but whenever I was apart from her, whenever she could not see me, I ran’ (CSOL II 17:16)
b. ḥéyhe ḷaḷ yíroy šέhi yenέŝof be-rέfɛʸh ‘When somebody drinks tea, he sips it slowly’ (CSOL I 11:5)
c. aˁẓ̂éẓ̂oʰ be-rέfɛʸh kor yetéḳaf díˀḥan nέfaˁ ‘We (my friend and I) shall plaster the roof with care so the work will last’ (CSOL II 27:5)
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االشتياق اللغوي
Perhaps connected to *rpy - to relax; assuming a hypercorrect -š, which is not uncommon in Soqotri.