ሰቆቃው

Ge'ez

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic شَجِيَ (šajiya).

Noun

ሰቆቃው • (säḳoḳaw)

1. lamentation, mourning, wailing, dirge
   • Wisdom of Solomon 18:10

     ወዕሪተ ፡ ኲነኔ ፡ ገብር ፡ ምስለ ፡ እግዚኡ ፡ ተቀሢፎ ፡ ወዘጽጒሂ ፡ ይትዔረይ ፡ ምስለ ፡ መንግሥት ፡ የሐምም ።

     wäʿritä kʷinäne gäbr məslä ʾəgziʾu täḳäśifo wäzäṣgʷihi yətʿeräy məslä mängəśt yäḥämm .

     But the discordant cry of the enemies echoed back, and a pitiful voice of lamentation for children was spread abroad.

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ሰቆቃው”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 353