ፈታ

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Amharic

Verb

ፈታ (fäta)

  1. to release
  2. to solve
  3. to divorce

Tigre

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *pataw-.

Verb

ፈታ (fäta)

  1. to love, to desire
    • 1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume III: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Tigrē Text., Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 167 Nr. 237 line 19:
      ትምባክ፡ፈቴ፡አቡካ፡ምን፡ሐሊብማ፡ወእክል።
      təmbak-fätte-ʾäbuka-mən-ḥälibma-wä-ʾəkəl.
      Tobacco thy father loves more than milk and than cereal.
      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 353

Derived terms

Noun

ፈታ (fätta)

  1. wish

References

  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ፈታ”, 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 666a