ወባ

Amharic

Alternative forms

• ዎባ (woba)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَبَاء (wabāʔ).

Noun

ወባ • (wäba) ?

1. fever such as caused by malaria or yellow fever
2. mosquito, especially malaria mosquito

Adjective

ወባ • (wäba)

1. skinny

Further reading

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ወባ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1535a