ሎሚን

Tigre

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn), which is in dialects also لُومِيّ (lūmiyy).

Noun

ሎሚን • (lomin) m (collective, noun of unity ሎሚነት (lominät))

  1. lemon
    Synonym: ትርንጎ (tərəngo)

References
  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ሎሚን”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 34b
  • Enno Littmann, editor (1910), Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume II: Tales, customs, names and dirges of the Tigrē tribes: English translation.‎ (in Tigre), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 158 Nr. 139
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