ሐበ

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Tigre[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See Arabic ح ب ب (ḥ-b-b), originally meaning either swelling, protuberating forward or winding forward.

Verb[edit]

ሐበ • (ḥäbbä)

  1. to snake, to wind oneself, to curve

Related terms[edit]

  • ሐቡብ (ḥäbub, “wavy”)
  • ሐበት (ḥäbbät, “berry; swelling”) (likely an Arabism)
  • ተሓበበ (täḥabäbä, “to be kind”) (Arabism)
  • አትሓበበ (ʾätḥabäbä, “to cause to be kind to each other”) (Arabism)

References[edit]

  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ሐበ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎[1], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, pages 79b–80a
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