እባብ

Amharic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic حُبَاب (ḥubāb) or cognate to it, as Tigre ሐበ (ḥäbbä) means “to snake”, without this snake-name itself being attested in Tigrē, if this is not an old denominative.

Pronunciation

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Noun

እባብ • (ʾəbab?

  1. snake

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