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Soqotri Lexicon
أٞمْتُڸ
émtoḷ
to be used to do something, to have an experience
уметь что-то делать, иметь опыт
كانت له تجربة
LS 253; Bulakh 2024:202; CSOL II 543
уметь что-то делать, иметь опыт
كانت له تجربة
text examples
wa-ľhe máḳhor fɔ́ne aḷ-ˀémtoḷ ľiṣḳóˁ béyhen ŝiyáṭ ‘That’s because there had never been any fire in those pens’ (CSOL II 13:33)
morphological notes
This verb is used only in the perfect and has no prefix conjugation forms.
other notes
‘To have an experience of something (jussive)’:
énkaˁ hin ṭad ˁag tɛ di-ḥómes wa-ˀeftógen ifúḷ šóugɛ ˁömóren ifúḷ yenúfaˁ de tɛ ber ḥan aḷ-ˀemtóḷen neḳdέrš ‘A certain man brought us turtle meat, and we were wondering what to do with it. We said to him: “How should this meat be prepared? We have never had the chance to cook it”’ (CSOL II 26:12)