ከሎተ

Harari

Alternative forms

• ካሎይታ (kalōyta)

Etymology

From Arabic كَلَّوْتَة (kallawta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kæ̙loːtæ̙]

Noun

ከሎተ (kälōtä)

1. cloth cap or skullcap
   • 1922, “Harari-Studien”, in Enno Littmann, editor, Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete‎^[1], volume 1, page 64 Nr. 228:

     ጋር፡ሓረ፡አንሌ፡ባይቲ፡ከሎትዬው፡የዲጅሌ፡ጋር፡ሓረ።

     gar ḥarä ʾänle bayti kälotyew yädiǧle gar ḥarä.

     He went home for my sake; to get my cap he went home.

   • 1922, “Harari-Studien”, in Enno Littmann, editor, Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete‎^[2], volume 1, page 68 Nr. 261:

     ከሎትዬ፡ሐጂስ፡በይ(ዕ)ዞ፡ኑስ፡ቀርሺ።

     kälotye ḥäǧis bäy(ʿə)zo nus ḳärši.

     My new cap: Its selling-price is half a thaler.