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Tigre
Etymology
Via the Sudanese route borrowed from Arabic مِخْلَاة (miḵlāh).
Pronunciation
Noun
ምክላት • (məkəlat) f (plural መክሊት (mäkəllit))
- fodder-bag
- unit of measure for corn used to pay tribute to the chieftain of about 72 litres and among the Beni Amer about 18 litres
- tribute of corn afforded to the chieftain
References
- Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ምክላት”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 131b
- Munzinger, Werner (1865) “ምክላት”, in Vocabulaire de la langue tigré (in French), Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, page 17
- Pankhurst, Richard (1969) “A Preliminary History of Ethiopian Measures Weights & Values (Part 2)”, in Journal of Ethiopian Studies, volume 7, number 2, page 123