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Ge'ez
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ganb-.
Noun
ገቦ • (gäbo) m or f (plural ገበዋት (gäbäwat))
- side, flank of the body and other things
References
Tigre
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ganb-.
Noun
ገቦ • (gäbo)
- side, flank of the body and other things
- (Western Eritrea, historical) a small dry measure of about 3⁄4 of a litre
References
- Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ገቦ”, 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 582b