ከተበ
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Amharic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Semitic *katab-.
Verb
[edit]ከተበ • (kättäbä)
- to write, to jot down
- to make an amulet with writing on it
- to incise, to scratch, to prick
- (horticulture) to inoculate, to graft
- to vaccinate, to jab
- (obsolete) to draft, to enlist, to enroll (soldiers or students)
References
[edit]- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1430
Ge'ez
[edit]Gəˁəz root |
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ከ-ተ-በ (kä-tä-bä) |
2 terms |
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Semitic *katab-.
Verb
[edit]ከተበ • (kätäbä) (prefix conjugation ይክትብ (yəktəb))
Related terms
[edit]- ተከትበ (täkätbä, “to be written”)
- ከታቢ (kätabi, “scribe, draughtsman”)
- ክታብ (kətab, “document; amulet, fetish”)
References
[edit]- Dillmann, August (1865) “ከተበ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 852
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ከተበ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 297b
Tigrinya
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Semitic *katab-.
Verb
[edit]ከተበ • (kätäbä) (prefix conjugation ይኸትብ (yəxätb))
Related terms
[edit]- ክታብ (kətab, “amulet, fetish”)
- ተኸትበ (täxätbä, “to be vaccinated; to be drafted”)
- ከታቢ (kätabi, “vaccinator”)
- መኽተቢ (mäxtäbi, “vaccination instrument”)
References
[edit]- 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
Categories:
- Amharic terms belonging to the root ከ-ተ-በ
- Amharic terms inherited from Proto-West Semitic
- Amharic terms derived from Proto-West Semitic
- Amharic lemmas
- Amharic verbs
- am:Horticulture
- Amharic terms with obsolete senses
- am:Witchcraft
- am:Writing
- Ge'ez terms belonging to the root ከ-ተ-በ
- Ge'ez terms inherited from Proto-West Semitic
- Ge'ez terms derived from Proto-West Semitic
- Ge'ez lemmas
- Ge'ez verbs
- Tigrinya terms belonging to the root ከ-ተ-በ
- Tigrinya terms inherited from Proto-West Semitic
- Tigrinya terms derived from Proto-West Semitic
- Tigrinya lemmas
- Tigrinya verbs