Proto-MSA
*lV- - against, on
(Kogan 2015:562)
As duly recognized by both Leslau and Johnstone, the MSA prepositions are semantically equivalent to PS *ˁalay rather than to PWS *li. The etymological *ˁ persists in the Soqotri forms with pronominal suffixes such as ˁəy ‘on him.’ (Kogan 2015:562)