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Tigre
Etymology
Borrowed from Tigrinya ዝብኢ (zəbʾi).
Noun
ዝብኢ • (zəbʾi)
- hyena
- (more commonly) a term of abuse applied to humans
References
- Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ዝብኢ”, 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 499a
Tigrinya
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ḏiʔb-.
Noun
ዝብኢ • (zəbʾi)
- hyena
Descendants