Number: 2697
Proto-Semitic: *mawl- ~ *mVly-at-
Meaning: 'herd, rich in cattle; booty; bride-prize'
Arabic: mwl 'ê. riche, surtout en troupeax', māl- 'troupeau de chameaux; riche (homme)' BK 2 1168
Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab mly 'get, win, obtain as booty', mlt 'loot, booty, prize of war' SD 86
Gurage: (?) Muh muli (Cha Eža End Gye muri) 'boy to whom a girl is given by her parents without being asked for by his parents' LGur 401
Mehri: mōl 'livestock, capital' JMhr 275 (<Arb.?); mǝlēt 'she-camel' ibid. 266
Jibbali: mol 'livestock, capital' JJ 176 (<Arb.?)
Harsusi: melēt 'bride-price' JHrs 88
Soqotri: māl 'richesse' LS 239 (<Arb.?)
