እግር
Amharic edit
Etymology edit
Common Ethiopian Semitic metathesis from Proto-Semitic *rigl-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
እግር • (ʾəgər) m
Declension edit
Definiteness forms of እግር (ʾəgər)
Possessive forms of እግር (ʾəgər)
Coordinate terms edit
- (leg, foot): እጅ (ʾəǧǧ, “arm, hand”)
Derived terms edit
- አምሳ፡እግር (ʾamsa ʾəgər)
References edit
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “እግር”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
Ge'ez edit
Etymology edit
Metathesized from Proto-Semitic *rigl-.
Noun edit
እግር • (ʾəgr) f or m (plural እገር (ʾəgär), and አእጋር (ʾäʾgar))
Related terms edit
References edit
- Dillmann, August (1865) “እግር”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 804
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 11b
Tigre edit
Etymology edit
Metathesized from Proto-Semitic *rigl-.
Noun edit
እግር • (ʾəgər) f (plural እገር (ʾəgär), and አጋር (ʾägar))
References edit
- Munzinger, Werner (1865) “እግር”, in Vocabulaire de la langue tigré (in French), Leipzig: T.O. Weigel[1][2], page 46
- Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “እግር”, 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 386b
- Raz, Shlomo (1983) Tigre grammar and texts (Afroasiatic Dialects; 4), Malibu: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 21