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Tigre
Etymology
Clipping of ጎር (gor, literally “neighbour”). Alternatively contracted from ገቦ (gäbo, literally “side”).
Preposition
ጎ- • (go-)
- near, in proximity to
1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume III: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Tigrē Text., Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 9 Nr. 8 line 1:ምን፡ዐድ-ተክላይ፡ሀረሳ፡ከጎና፡ገአት፡ምዕዳሩ- mən-ʿäd-täklay-härräsa-kägona-gäʾät-məʿdaru
- From ʿÄd-Täklay he dashed and at our nizz he retired.
- translated into German Enno Littmann, editor (1913), Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume IV: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Deutsche Übersetzung und Commentar. (in Tigre), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 17
References
- Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ጎ-”, 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 558b