Pay |Waffa |Waf[=a.] |Woffehinki |Waffie Pepper |Filfil |Filfil |Filfil |Tiflfarlo Perfume |'I[t:]r |'I[t:]r |Attar |Hal Perspire |Arak |'Ariq |Deanghalen |Ikimen Pin |Dabb[=u]s |Dabb[=u]s |Dabous |Dabous Plague |Ta'[=u]n |[T:][=a]'[=u]n |Duinhaufal Eikeo|Eiked Ouihafel Ugly |Ba'in |-- |Behimet |Behimah Plant |Nab[=a]t |Nabat |Nebhat |Nebout -----------+----------------+----------------+----------------+---------------- ------------------+--------------------+--------------------+------------------ English | Arabic | Mahri | Sokoteri ------------------+--------------------+--------------------+------------------ What is she doing |Eish yamelhu |Tum ul aisin |Inempt shueyet I drink water |Ana sherab moye |Nehamel el tikhe |Ithkellare You are very kind |Enta latif ketir |Meshiri meikin |Latif beyne Do you know Mehri?|Enta taraf el Meheri|Arebuk Meheri |Ahruh Mehri We talk Sokotri |Nahn natallem el |Nahan natallum |Ik n'atalam | Sokoteri | Sokoteriote | Sokoteria Give me another |Gibli wa[h.]ad |Hateli tadrhaa |Abouli | [th=][=a]na | | beladatis How many days from|Kam ayo'om min |Kam yom m'boun |Kam yom menha here to the sea?| hinna illa el | ta heik | afta'a | bahr | | Near the water |Gar[=i]b el moya |-- |Lal diho ------------------+--------------------+--------------------+------------------- FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 15: When they wish to warn the camel not to knock against anything in a narrow place they cry 'Berri! Berri!'] LIST OF SOME OF THE ARABIC AND OTHER WORDS EXPLAINED IN THE TEXT abba, 193 abr, 409 afrit, 199 ailb, 109 attar, 141 awwal, 41 batil, 277 b'dom, 109 brinjol, 141 ghail, 86 ghasl, 109 ghatrif, 248 ghi, 37, 260 gohb, 247[A] gourod, 306 habat-assoba, 141 halwa, 221 harami, 116 horma, 212 helf, 141 herris, 426 jembia, 199 kabila, 140 kadhlb, 108 kafila, 85 kahwa, 34 kattira, 230 kayya, 116 kazbah, 120 kei, 245[A] kharrad, 145 khawah, 57 kho, 275[A] kourzan, 117 kutcha, 149 lahaf, 245 loess, 128 luthba, 86 medakdak, 81 madhar, 83 madibash, 19 majilis, 34 mangola, 336 masabam, 129 merghazi, 414 mersa, 291 miet, 248[A] mis'hap, 128 munkala, 336 nakhoda, 281 ohma, 245 ouft, 275[A] rack, 85 reis, 281 rezai, 245 saap, 145 salang, 19 sambuka, 220 shabib, 93 shur, 275[A] sirah, 19 siyar, 104 siyara, 104 tara, 21 tarsla, 336 tawilah, 5 whabba, 69 yusur, 294 zamouta, 141 ziara, 132 ziaret, 97 FOOTNOTES: [Footnote A: These words are used by the Gara.] INDEX
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