Tigre edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Ge'ez ሰገም (sägäm). A Cushitic borrowing, compare Xamtanga sikema, Blin sekma, Awngi simeki.

Noun edit

ስገም (səgäm)

  1. barley
    Synonym: ሽዒር (šəʿir)
    • 1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume III: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Tigrē Text.[1], Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 139 Nr. 193 line 4:
      translation into German Enno Littmann, editor (1913), Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume IV: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Deutsche Übersetzung und Commentar.[2] (in Tigre), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 291

References edit

  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ስገም”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎[3], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 198a
  • Marrassini, Paolo (2003) “The Semites in Abyssinia: Onomastic and Lexicographical Notes”, in Kogan, Leonid, editor, Studia Semitica (Orientalia: Papers of the Oriental Institute; III), Moscow, →ISBN, page 149

Tigrinya edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Ge'ez ሰገም (sägäm). A Cushitic borrowing, compare Xamtanga sikema, Blin sekma, Awngi simeki.

Noun edit

ስገም (səgäm)

  1. barley

References edit

  • Marrassini, Paolo (2003) “The Semites in Abyssinia: Onomastic and Lexicographical Notes”, in Kogan, Leonid, editor, Studia Semitica (Orientalia: Papers of the Oriental Institute; III), Moscow, →ISBN, page 149