አበደ

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Tigre

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Semitic *ʔabad- (to go astray).

Verb

አበደ (ʾäbbädä) (verbal noun)

  1. to trick, to deceive, to make an ass of

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic أَبَدَا (ʔabadā).

Alternative forms

Interjection

አበደ (ʾäbädä)

  1. never!

References

  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “አበደ”, 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 369a