ሐበት

Tigre

Etymology

Presumably at least partially from Arabic حَبَّة (ḥabba).

Noun

ሐበት • (ḥäbbät) (plural ሕበብ (ḥəbäb))

  1. berry
  2. globular swelling, tuberosity
  3. a bit that is taken in, gulp

References
  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ሐበት”, 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 80a
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