ዐባይ

Amharic
ዐባይ።

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)abːaj/
  • Hyphenation: ዐ‧ባይ

Proper noun

ዐባይ • (ʿäbbay) m

  1. Blue Nile (a river in Africa)

Descendants
  • → English: Abbay

References
  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ዐባይ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 14

Tigre

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɐ̟bːæːj/

Noun

ዐባይ • (ʿäbbay)

  1. asafoetida
    Synonyms: እማት (ʾəmmat), እም፡ሙላድ (ʾəm mulad)

Derived terms
  • ዐቤየቲት (ʿäbbeyätit, “diminutive; a wee bit of anything”)

References
  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ዐባይ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 471a
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