Words

By regular expression
swarthy, dark-complexioned
CSOL III CSOL III
kfe     كفٞى
to be enough
LS 223; CSOL I 575; CSOL II 498
beestings
LS 223; CSOL I 575; CSOL II 497
side, proximity
Kogan 2015:429

In the expression ˀid kaf id máˁbher ‘gegen Felsen hin’ (Müller 1905:280), curiously reminiscent of Akk. kāpu ša šadî. According to Soqotrian informants, kɛf means ‘side, proximity’.


kef     كٞاف
to hide (oneself); to hide (something)
CSOL III
kɛf     كَاف
a secluded place at the bottom of something
CSOL III
narrow
LS 223; CSOL II 498
to be narrow
LS 223; Naumkin et al. 2014a:47, 67

kéfed mek éľbeb ‘You are angry (lit. your heart is narrow)’ (Kogan–Bulakh 2019:309)


kfed     كفٞاد
to make narrow
Bulakh et al. 2021:267
the unbelievers
ad-Daˁrhi et al. 2019:538

Borrowed from Arabic.