ወይጠል
Ge'ez
Etymology
Noun
ወይጠል • (wäyṭäl) (plural ወይጠላት (wäyṭälat))
- roe-deer, a wild female goat
- 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici[1], Leipzig, Deuteronomy 15:22:
- በሀገርከ ፡ ብልዖ ፤ ርኩስኒ ፡ ወንጹሕኒ ፡ ኅቡረ ፡ ይብልዕዎ ፡ ከመ ፡ ወይጠል ፡ አው ፡ ከመ ፡ ሀየል ።
- bähägärkä bəlʿo ; rəkusni wänṣuḥni ḫəburä yəbləʿwo kämä wäyṭäl ʾäw kämä häyäl .
- Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
- 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici[2], Leipzig, 7:4:
- ክልኤ፡ አጥባትኪ፡ ከመ፡ ክልኤ፡ ዕጕለ፡ መንታ፡ ዘወይጠል። እለ፡ ይፈለፍላ፡ ሐሊበ፡ መንፈስ።
- kəlʾe ʾäṭbatki kämä kəlʾe ʿəgʷlä mänta zäwäyṭäl. ʾəlä yəfäläfla ḥälibä mänfäs.
- Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
References
- Dillmann, August (1865), “ወይጠል”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel