Amharic

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ስጋ(2)።
ስጋ(3)።

Etymology

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Cognate with Ge'ez ሥጋ (śəga), Tigrinya ስጋ (səga) and Tigre ስጋ (səga).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɨɡa/
  • Hyphenation: ስ‧ጋ

Noun

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ስጋ (səgam (plural ስጋዎች (səgawočč) or ስጎች (səgočč))

  1. flesh
  2. meat
  3. pulp

References

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  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ስጋ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 579

Tigrinya

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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ስጋ (səga)

  1. meat