ከተበ

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Amharic

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Semitic *katab-.

Verb

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ከተበ (kättäbä)

  1. to write, to jot down
  2. to make an amulet with writing on it
  3. to incise, to scratch, to prick
  4. (horticulture) to inoculate, to graft
  5. to vaccinate, to jab
  6. (obsolete) to draft, to enlist, to enroll (soldiers or students)

References

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  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1430

Ge'ez

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Root
ከ-ተ-በ (kä-tä-bä)
2 terms

Etymology

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From Proto-West Semitic *katab-.

Verb

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ከተበ (kätäbä) (prefix conjugation ይክትብ (yəktəb))

  1. to write, to register
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Tigrinya

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Semitic *katab-.

Verb

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ከተበ (kätäbä) (prefix conjugation ይኸትብ (yəxätb))

  1. to vaccinate
  2. to draft, to enlist
  3. to make amulets
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References

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  • da Bassano, Francesco (1918) “ከተበ”, in Vocabolario tigray-italiano e repertorio italiano-tigray (in Italian), Rome: Casa editrice italiana di C. de Luigi, columns 603–604