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Mehri
gēḥi - flat desert, desert plain
(ML 118)
Reconstruction
Proto-MSA
*gāḥiy-
- plain, valley
(Kogan 2015: 554)
The origin is unknown. Of some interest may be Tna.
guḥo
‘cave, crevice or hollow in a mountainside’. For ǯaḥi ‘soľ in Dathina v. GD 266 (due to MSA influence?)