ገቦ

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

Dillmann, August (1865) “ገቦ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 1173–1174
Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 176a

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

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