ለፌ

Ge'ez

Etymology

Univerbation of ለ- (lä-, “for”) and Proto-Semitic *piʔat- (“side; border; front, facing part of anything”).

Adverb

ለፌ • (läfe)

thence, here and there, hither thither, from there
since, thenceforth
above, higher, over

Related terms

ለፈየ (läfäyä)
ተለፈየ (täläfäyä)

References

Dillmann, August (1865) “ለፌ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 65–66
Praetorius, Franz (1879) Die amharische Sprache (in German), Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, page 143

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