*rgm: 'to cover'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*rgm
Meaning	'to cover'
Basis	SED
SED	SEDonline 1421

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Mehri	rəgūm (ML 318 apud SEDonline 1421)	ML 318; SEDonline 1421	gloss withheld
Jibbali	ɛrgúm (JL 207 apud SEDonline 1421); erógəm (JL 207 apud SEDonline 1421)	JL 207; SEDonline 1421	gloss withheld
Modern South Arabian	Bathari rəgōm (Gasparini - Morris 2025 428 apud SEDonline 1421)	SEDonline 1421	gloss withheld
Soqotri	régom (Kogan 2015, ch. 8 §3.4.1 no. 93)	Kogan 2015 ch. 8 §3.4.1 no. 93	gloss withheld

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Notes

Proto-MSA *rgm 'to cover' (SEDonline 1421). Hardly connected with PCS *rgm 'to stone'; the Jibbali use for covering a dead body with stones reflects Arabic influence (Kogan 2015: 217–218 apud SEDonline 1421). Distinct from 3060 *rgm (2) 'to stone' and 2647 *rgm 'say, speak'.

Updated 25 October 2026

*rgm: 'to cover'

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