ስብጥ

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šibṭ-.

Noun

ስብጥ • (səbṭ)

1. rod, pointed shaft

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 485b

Tigre

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Semitic *šabṭ- (“stick, staff”) due to its flowerheads, maybe because they smite people dead due to the plant’s toxicity.

Noun

ስብጥ • (səbṭ)

1. African soapberry (Phytolacca abyssinica, considered to be included by Phytolacca dodecandra)

References

• 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