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Tigre
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Semitic *ʔabad- (“to go astray”).
Verb
አበደ • (ʾäbbädä) (verbal noun)
- to trick, to deceive, to make an ass of
- መአበድ (mäʾäbbäd, “trifle”)
- እብድ (ʾəbd), አብድ (ʾäbd, “foolhardy”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic أَبَدَا (ʔabadā).
Interjection
አበደ • (ʾäbädä)
- 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