ተርፈ

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Tigre

Etymology

Of Proto-West Semitic date, see Arabic ترف for more.

Verb

ተርፈ (tärfä)

  1. to be left over, to remain, to be residual
  2. to cease, to vanish
  3. to be left out, to be miserable

References

  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ተርፈ”, 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 310b