አባ

Tigre

Etymology

Compare Arabic أَبَى (ʔabā) derived from Proto-Semitic *ʔabay-.

Verb

አባ • (ʾäba) (verbal noun እብየት (ʾəbyät))

  1. to refuse or not to want
  2. to hate, to have aversion for
  • እቢ (ʾəbbi, “enmity”)
  • አባይ (ʾäbay, “enemy”)
  • እቡይ (ʾəbuy, “rejected; enemy”)
  • ኡቡይ (ʾubuy, “hated”)
  • ተኣባ (täʾaba, “to be on the outs, to be at variance”)
  • አተኣባ (ʾätäʾaba, “to make at variance; to maltreat”)
  • መኣቢት (mäʾabit, “enmity”)
  • አባያ (ʾäbaya, “stubborn”)

References
  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “አባ”, 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 368b
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