ሎሚ

Amharic

Alternative forms

• ሎሚን (lomin)

Etymology

From Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn), which is in dialects also لُومِيّ (lūmiyy).

Noun

ሎሚ • (lomi) ?

1. lime, lemon, citrus

   Synonym: ትርንጎ (tərəngo)

2. fruit

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn), which is in dialects also لُومِيّ (lūmiyy).

Noun

ሎሚ • (lomi)

1. lime, lemon, citrus

   Synonym: ትርንጐ (tərəngʷä)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865), “ሎሚ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 34
• Leslau, Wolf (1987), “ሎሚ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, reprinted 1991, 1997 and 2006, page 315a

Tigrinya

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *yawm-.

Alternative forms

• ሎም (lom)

Adverb

ሎሚ • (lomi)

1. today

Etymology 2

From Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn), which is in dialects also لُومِيّ (lūmiyy).

Alternative forms

• ሎሚን (lomin), ለሚን (lämin)

Noun

ሎሚ • (lomi) ?

1. lime, lemon, citrus

   Synonym: ትርንጒ (tərəngʷi)