ወቀረ

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Ge'ez

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Etymology

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Cognate with Arabic وَقَرَ (waqara).

Verb

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ወቀረ (wäḳärä)

  1. to excavate, dig, cut
    • Numbers 21:18
      እንተ ፡ ከረይዋ ፡ መላእክት ፡ ወወቀርዋ ፡ ነገሥተ ፡ አሕዛብ ፡ በምኵናኖሙ ፤ ወእምይአቲ ፡ ዐዘቅት ፡ ውስተ ፡ መንተናይን ።
      ʾəntä käräywa mälaʾkət wäwäḳärwa nägäśtä ʾäḥzab bämkʷənanomu ; wäʾməyʾäti ʿäzäḳt wəstä mäntänayn .
      About the well that the princes dug, that the nobles of the people sank— the nobles with scepters and staffs.” Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah.

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