Words

By regular expression
ˀ ˁ B D F G H Ḥ K Ḳ L M N R S Š Ṣ Ṣ̌ Ŝ T Ṭ W Y ʸh Z Ẓ̂ Ž
ḥámreʰ     حَمْرٞه
something dirty, mud; sediment
Naumkin–Kogan 2021 :531; CSOL III
ḥumár     حُمَار
donkey
CSOL I 559; CSOL II 479; Naumkin et al. 2015a:71; CSOL III
ḥúmra     حُمْرَه
lipstick
Belozerova et al. 2023:567
áḥmar     أَحْمَر
black tea
CSOL I 559

Tea with milk is an essential element of the Soqotri breakfast. To drink tea without milk (áḥmar) is unusual and can be taken as a sign of dire poverty


ḥemerénoʰ     حٞمٞرانُو
donkey mare
CSOL III
ḥómes     حُامٞس
sea-turtle
LS 181; CSOL II 479; Wranik 2003:148; CSOL III
ḥámit-     حَامِت
sister-in-law (brother’s wife or wife’s sister)
LS 178; CSOL I 559
ḥímeʸh or ḥími or ḥímiš     حِيمٞيْه
five (with feminine nouns counted)
LS 182; CSOL II 479; ad-Daˁrhi et al. 2019:539; Naumkin et al. 2022:276
šḥᵃme     شحَمٞى
to ask for a woman’s hand
LS 180; CSOL I 559; CSOL II 479
ḥémoz     حٞامُز
1. to make a sign; 2. to conspire, to make a secret agreement
LS 179; CSOL I 559; CSOL II 480