ቅረቃብ

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Tigre

Etymology

Borrowed from Old South Arabian or Cushitic, see Arabic قَبْقَاب (qabqāb).

Noun

ቅረቃብ (ḳəräḳabm (plural ቅረቅብ (ḳəräḳḳəb))

  1. patten, clog, chopine

Descendants

  • Beja: kerkāb
  • Saho: kerkāb

References

  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ቅረቃብ”, 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 241b