ከትበ

Tigre

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *katab-.

Verb

ከትበ • (kätbä) (verbal noun ከትብ (kätb), and ክትበት (kətbät))

  1. to write
  2. to jab, to vaccinate
  3. to write talismans (ከታይብ (kätayəb))
  • ከታብ (kättab, writer, scribe)
  • ካተበ (katäbä, to vaccinate)
  • ክታብ (kətab, book)
  • ክታበት (kətabät, talisman; frontlet)
  • ክተብ (kətäb, track, trace; affair, work, occupation; palanquin, litter)
  • ከታተበ (kätatäbä, to write much or repeatedly; to scribble, to scrawl)
  • አክተበ (ʾäktäbä, to instruct to write)
  • መክተቢ (mäktäbi, writing instrument)

References

  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ከትበ”, 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 414a
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