ስብጥ
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Ge'ez[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Semitic *šibṭ-.
Noun[edit]
ስብጥ • (səbṭ)
References[edit]
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 485b
Tigre[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps from Proto-Semitic *šabṭ- (“stick, staff”) due to its flowerheads, maybe because they smite people dead due to the plant’s toxicity.
Noun[edit]
ስብጥ • (səbṭ)
- African soapberry (Phytolacca abyssinica, considered to be included by Phytolacca dodecandra)
References[edit]
- Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ስብጥ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)[1], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 185b