Amharic edit

Etymology edit

Possibly related to Arabic ضَحِكَ (ḍaḥika, to laugh) and Hebrew צָחַק (ṣāḥaq, to laugh).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsakʼə/
  • Hyphenation: ሳ‧ቀ

Verb edit

ሳቀ (saḳä) (verbal noun መሳቅ (mäsaḳ))

  1. (intransitive) to laugh

References edit

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሳቀ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN