መሸላ

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Tigrinya[edit]

መሸላSorghum bicolor

Etymology[edit]

A Cushitic borrowing, also found in Gurage, Amharic ማሽላ (mašəlla), Tigre ማሼላ (mašela).

Noun[edit]

መሸላ (mäšälam

  1. sorghum

References[edit]

  • Leslau, Wolf (1945) “The Influence of Cushitic on the Semitic Languages of Ethiopia: a Problem of Substratum”, in Word[1], volume 1, number 1, →DOI, page 80