እ-

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Amharic

Etymology

Seemingly cognate to Tigre እት (ʾət).

Preposition

እ- (ə-)

  1. in, at, expressed position
  2. to, at, expresses direction

Usage notes

Often before either a perfect form of a verb or a noun upon which follows ድረስ (dəräs) forming a kind of circumposition to precise “as far as, until, as long as, to the point of”.