ወባ

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Amharic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَبَاء (wabāʔ).

Noun

ወባ (wäba?

  1. fever such as caused by malaria or yellow fever
  2. mosquito, especially malaria mosquito

Adjective

ወባ (wäba)

  1. skinny

Further reading

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ወባ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1535a