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Tigre
Etymology
Cognate with Ge'ez ሰገም (sägäm). A Cushitic borrowing, compare Xamtanga sikema, Blin sekma, Awngi simeki.
Noun
ስገም • (səgäm)
- barley
- Synonym: ሽዒር (šəʿir)
1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume III: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Tigrē Text., Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 139 Nr. 193 line 4:
- translation into German Enno Littmann, editor (1913), Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume IV: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Deutsche Übersetzung und Commentar. (in Tigre), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 291
References
- Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ስገም”, 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 198a
- Marrassini, Paolo (2003) “The Semites in Abyssinia: Onomastic and Lexicographical Notes”, in Kogan, Leonid, editor, Studia Semitica (Orientalia: Papers of the Oriental Institute; III), Moscow, →ISBN, page 149
Tigrinya
Etymology
Cognate with Ge'ez ሰገም (sägäm). A Cushitic borrowing, compare Xamtanga sikema, Blin sekma, Awngi simeki.
Noun
ስገም • (səgäm)
- barley
References
- Marrassini, Paolo (2003) “The Semites in Abyssinia: Onomastic and Lexicographical Notes”, in Kogan, Leonid, editor, Studia Semitica (Orientalia: Papers of the Oriental Institute; III), Moscow, →ISBN, page 149