ከፈተ

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Amharic

Root
ከ-ፈ-ተ
(kä-fä-tä)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəfˈfətə/
  • Hyphenation: ከ‧ፈ‧ተ

Verb

ከፈተ (käffätä)

  1. (transitive) to open
  2. (transitive) to unlock
  3. (transitive) to turn on
  4. (transitive) to reveal
  5. (transitive) to explain
  6. (transitive) to subjugate
  7. (intransitive, of weather) to clear up
  8. (intransitive, of colours) to brighten

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ge'ez: ከፈተ (käfätä)

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ከፈተ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 15

Chaha

Etymology

Compare Tigrinya ከፈተ (käfätä, open).

Verb

ከፈተ (käfätä)

  1. to open

Further reading

  • Sharon Rose, Chaha (Gurage) Morphology
  • John J McCarthy, Consonantal Morphology in the Chaha Verb

Tigrinya

Verb

ከፈተ (käfätä)

  1. to open

Conjugation