ቀለለ
Ge'ez
Etymology
Compare Arabic قَلَّ (qalla, “to be few, little”), Aramaic קלל (“to be light”), Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܩܰܠ, and Biblical Hebrew קָלַל (“to be swift”).
Verb
ቀለለ • (ḳälälä)
- to be light (in weight)
- to be tolerable, convenient
- to be swift, quick
Related terms
- መቅለሊ (mäḳläli)
- ቀሊል (ḳälil)
- ቅለት (ḳəlät)
- ተቀለለ (täḳälälä)
- አስተቃለለ (ʾästäḳalälä)
- አቀለለ (ʾäḳälälä)
- አቅለለ (ʾäḳlälä)
References
- Dillmann, August (1865), “ቀለለ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel