ስብጥ
Ge'ez edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *šibṭ-.
Noun edit
ስብጥ • (səbṭ)
References edit
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 485b
Tigre edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from Proto-Semitic *šabṭ- (“stick, staff”) due to its flowerheads, maybe because they smite people dead due to the plant’s toxicity.
Noun edit
ስብጥ • (səbṭ)
- African soapberry (Phytolacca abyssinica, considered to be included by Phytolacca dodecandra)
References edit
- Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ስብጥ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)[1], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 185b