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Soqotri Lexicon
Words
1. to faint, to swoon; 2. to choke
CSOL I 567; Naumkin et al. 2015a:72; Bulakh et al. 2021:278
CSOL I 567; Naumkin et al. 2015a:72; Bulakh et al. 2021:278
to imitate
Naumkin et al. 2019b:87
Naumkin et al. 2019b:87
to shed teeth; to be broken or missing; to lack stones (of a wall); to have a chip, a notch, to be indented
CSOL III; Bulakh 2024:119
CSOL III; Bulakh 2024:119
thing; need
Another derivate from the same Arabic root is áḥteg (yaḥtégen/ľaḥtέg) ‘V. to be necessary’: έˀɛfo be-sɔḳɔ́tri yeḥoléˀen ˀe-ṭahidídšin míṣ̌her waľľá ḳáˁar wáľľa meŝíˀo ke-áḥteg diˀál ṭahidídšin ‘People in Soqotra allow each other to use their pens or houses or land if it is necessary for them’ (Naumkin et al. 2019b:87)
to stay
CSOL I 568
CSOL I 568
Other derivates from the same Arabic root are: ḥáwwaľ ‘to turn’: tóˀo himóˁo ḥáwwaľat gášaḷ ‘Now when the snake heard this song, it moved one of its sides.’ (CSOL I 24:23); ḥaľ ‘fate’: tóˀo sémek yáˁŝeŝ díˀʸheʰ ken ˁážeʰ gará bey ḥaľ wa-ṣáme wa-ṣáme di-ṭádaˁ díˀʸheʰ di-ˁážeʰ ‘When he was about to stand up from his wife, his fate caught up with him, and he died — he died right on top of his wife.’ (CSOL I 17:10)
to be black
LS 168
LS 168