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Kane T.L. Tigrinya-English Dictionary. I, II. - Springfield, 2000

Realizations (223)

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#2888 Tigrinya mäggäbä to feed, to nourish → to steer, be a steward, direct, manage, administer 515
#3417 Tigrinya färtätä to break, crumble up engera-bread; to crumble, pulverize dry things → to destroy, annihilate utterly 2665
#3672 Tigrinya zəmoḳ̃ä warm, hot → typsy, high (from drink) 471
#3442 Tigrinya bätäḵä to cut, slice → to lose everything (property, etc.) and become poor, to reach the end of one's good fortune 1160
#3429 Tigrinya ḳʷaṣärä to knot, tie tightly → to conceive 1063
#1494 Tigrinya č̣änäwä to sniff, smell — to smell (give off a good or bad smell) 2519
#3438 Geez rətuʕ upright, straight, straight → strong, tough, sturdy, robust 1123
#1047 Tigrinya wägän part, side → group, party, clique, tribe, relation, relatives 1799
#2085 Tigrinya nəʔus small, little, minute → baby, small child, young boy, chick, junior (in age), young 1337
#2109 Tigrinya waḥzi flow, tide → current (electric - neol.) 1719
#1043 Tigrinya säḥabä to draw, pull, drag; to stretch, extend s.th. → to steal 644
#1825 Tigrinya wädäḳ̌ä to fall, foll down → to fall upon (attack) 1787-1788
#715 Tigrinya ʕabiy big, huge, great, large, considerable, tremendous → elder, adult 1876
#3420 Tigrinya ʔadgi donkey → pelican (lit. the donkey of river Märäb) 1534-35
#1851 Tigre ṣabṭa to seize, to catch, to hold fast → to become firm (porridge) 640
#766 Tigrinya baʕ bälä to become bright, light (place originally dark), to blaze — to be white, very clean (garment) 1177
#1826 Tigrinya däḳḳäsä to sleep, slumber, to retire (for the night) → to come to an end, to be over (matter, affair), to be settled, resolved (argument, quarrel)
#2061 Tigrinya šätto target, goal, objective, aim, end (goal) → score (soccer) 843
#937 Tigre šangab left → wrong 221
#2691 Tigrinya ʔanč̣əwa mouse → rat 1497
#1490 Tigrinya ḥalläwä to guard, watch over — to take to pasture, put out to pasture, to watch over grazing cattle, to drive (a herd) 158
#2894 Tigrinya läzläzä to be insipid (food) → to be lazy, slothful (person) 130
#369 Tigrinya näḳ̆äṣä to become dry, to dry up — to be thirsty 1319
#934 Tigrinya wädäḳ̌ä fall, fall down → to happen, to befall 1787-1788
#2076 Tigrinya ʕaṣäwä to shut, close — to liquidate, shut down (business); to prorogue, to conclude, end (meeting) 1944
#3441 Tigrinya barud gunpowder, cloud of smoke from a shot → alert, brave, quick (esp. of cattle) 1135
#3462 Tigrinya ḳʷənč̣i flea → wretched, miserable 1009
#792 Tigrinya ṣämam deaf, hard of hearing — stupid 2555
#781 Classical Arabic احْتَرَقَ ʔiḥtaraḳa to burn (intr.) → to be or become angry 188
#2541 Tigrinya ʕabiy/ʕabi big, huge, large → great 1876
#2891 Tigrinya läḵäfä to taste, appraise something with the sense of taste — to touch with the fingertip, to rub lightly, to barely elbow s.o. 117
#3440 Tigrinya barəʕ conflagration, brushfire, blaze → conflict, war 1132
#878 Tigrinya ṭərit livestock ← riches, wealth, goods, property, possessions, estate 2434
#2818 Tigrinya käbdi stomach, belly, tummy, liver, abdomen → center, middle part 1635
#2380 Tigrinya ʕarär lead, tin → rifle ball, bullet, lead shot 1843-44
#1998 Tigrinya ləməṣməṣ bälä to be soft, smooth — to look fine 83
#276 Tigrinya kǝbur dear, precious, expensive, costly ← honorable, honored, respectable, reputable, eminent, dignified, impressive 1628
#1821 Tigrinya ṣəʕuḳ̃ dense, thick → intense, intensive 2604-2605
#806 Tigrinya näḳ̆äṣä to become dry, to dry up — to be dry (cow of milk) 1319
#3431 Classical Arabic rakkaba to put, set, one part of something upon another → to meet 585
#477 Tigrinya ʔaf mouth → river mouth, outfall (lit. 'mouth of water') 1546-47
#532 Tigrinya gobo side, flank — slope, hill 2289
#3426 Tigrinya ʔagol not yet ripe or hard (sorghum stalk) — spoiled, rotten (egg) 1537
#2047 Tigrinya ʕabiy big, huge, great, large — thumb, big toe 1877
#2667 Tigrinya ṭäbbib name applied to metalworkers — wizard, magician, sorcerer 2457
#1062 Tigrinya kälbi dog → to become lewd (woman) 1562-1563
#2890 Tigrinya läḳ̃läḳ̃ä to paint, daub, smear, coat walls with mud → to rinse (dishes, earthenware, clothes); to polish, shine (shoes, leather) 87
#2890 Tigrinya masägʷä to anoint, smear one’s head with fresh butter, coat one’s hair with a layer of fat etc. — to wipe clean (e.g., a baby’s behind)
#2015 Tigrinya räsänä to be or become (red-)hot, to get extremely warm (iron heated in a fire) → to be angry, irate, infuriated 554
#1816 Tigrinya tänṭälṭälä to be hung up, to be hanging → to be dependent on 2407
#1164 Tigrinya ṣäʕarä to be in agony, to be in the death throes; to moan, groan ← to toil, work hard, strive, to exert oneself 2603
#3419 Tigrinya däm blood → blood feud 2067-68
#1798 Tigrinya särärä to climb, mount a horse, to ride (an equine) → to cover, mount the female (animals) 671
#2572 Tigrinya č̣äw salt → comeliness 2524
#3435 Tigrinya ḳäṭḳäṭä to pulverize, crush → (fig.) to study thoroughly 1045
#1234 Tigrinya kälkälä to forbid, prohibit, interdit → to guard 1567
#3421 Tigrinya kalʔay second → second 1564, 66-67
#3423 Tigrinya ṣaʕda white → excellent, good (times) 2608
#2042 Tigrinya ʕabärä to become or grow thin, lose weight (person), to become gaunt (cattle) — to dry out, become bare of vegetation (soil) 1873
#1909 Tigrinya ʕaräbä to set (sun) → to disappear, vanish, to lose cattle due to illness; to be lost, to perish 1847
#2040 Tigrinya räḳḳiḳ̆ thin, fine → delicate, subtle, refined 560
#1340 Tigrinya ṣägʷri hair — fur 2616
#3428 Tigrinya ṣägam left, left-handed — to be hard, difficult 2614-16
#750 Tigrinya däläyä to want, to wish, to desire ← to look for, seek, search (for), ferret out 2050
#1793 Tigrinya täbaʕtay male, boy, man; masculine → strong, brave, courageous 1256
#2923 Tigrinya ʕuf, ʕof, ʕif bird, fowl → luck, good fortune 1949
#2889 Tigrinya ʔalmäṣä to smooth, plane (smooth) → to lick (one’s fingers, a spoon in order to taste 83
#3672 Amharic galä to be red-hot, be red from heating (metal) → to be drunk 1877
#68 Geez ṣəbāḥ morning, early morning, daybreak → tomorrow 2575
#813 Tigrinya ṣaʕda white → milk, dairy products 2608
#2551 Tigrinya gäbärä to do, to make, to work → to fornicate, commit adultery 2291, 2293
#888 Tigrinya zəban back (of the body) — ridge, plateau 1990
#555 Tigrinya käysi snake, serpent → cunning, wily person 1680
#265 Tigrinya wärädä to descend, come down, go down — to happen to, befall s.o. 1733
#3424 Tigrinya ṭəraḥ empty (esp. with possessive suffixed pronouns) → free, gratis, freely 2424
#2077 Tigrinya ʕaṣäwä to shut, close — to ignore 1944
#1167 Tigrinya tänḳäṭḳäṭä to tremble, shiver — shudder, quiver, shake with fright 1046
#781 Tigrinya nädädä to burn → to be angry 1363
#1102 Tigrinya ləmlum soft → tender 75
#611 Tigrinya ləmlum soft → supple, ductile 75
#788 Tigrinya rəḥus moist, damp, muggy — rich, prosperous, blessed 541, 1320
#788 Tigrinya ṭəlul wet, moist, damp — pleasant, refreshing; blessed, productive (journey), correct, accurate 2399
#789 Tigrinya tärrir hard, strong, solid, resistant — tough, sturdy, virile, robust 1235
#791 Tigrinya nəḳuṣ dry, dried, dried up — harsh, hard, tough; obstinate, pigheaded, self-willed, stiffnecked, stubborn 1320
#1648 Tigrinya bätäḵä to tranverse (a road) ← to cut, slice 1160
#1793 Tigrinya säbʔay man, husband → to be manly, virile (action, deed) 708
#3611 Tigrinya täbʕe to be tempered (iron), to forge, pund iron; to be sharp, keen, pointed (knife) ← to be virile, brave, courageous, to have a man's spirit 1256
#2031 Tigrinya zəḥul cool, cold → slow, dilatory, slow-moving 1961
#385 Tigrinya ḥəḳo, ḥəḳḳʷä loins, hip(s) → back 213
#873 Tigrinya ʕaṣṣiḳ̆ tough, hard — hard, unfeeling or insensitive person 1943
#2549 Tigrinya həṭur brave, valorous — clever, proficient 55
#2042 Tigrinya räḳḳiḳ̆ thin — barren (soil) 560
#3436 Tigrinya ʔabləʕä to feed, to give to eat → to bribe 1095
#3463 Tigrinya ṣəgä flower pollen; flowers → menstruation, menses 2622
#1822 Tigrinya ǧägʷägʷä to be slow, late (in working) → to be dull, slow (of apprehension) 2195
#141 Tigrinya säḥabä to draw, to pull → to attract, to charm 644
#852 Tigrinya säbbəʕe to be starved, be very hungry — to be greedy, stingy 709
#2541 Amharic təlləḳ big (size) → great (in importance) 957
#26 Tigrinya räk̲äbä to find, discover, strike (gold) → to obtain, acquire, procure, gain, get 585
#1107 Tigrinya läḳ̃läḳ̃ä to paint, daub, smear, coat walls with mud → to bribe, give bribes 87
#1319 Tigre wadḳa to fall → to set (a star) 445
#1017 Tigrinya ḳənuʕ straight, straightened → honest, sincere, decent, just, upright, straightforward 997
#3425 Tigrinya ṭəraḥ empty — naked, nude 2424
#170 Tigrinya zäbäṭä to hit, beat, strike → (fig.) to eat a lot, devour a lot 1992-1993
#868 Geez karś belly, stomach, womb → inside 399
#869 Tigrinya räsänä to be or become (red-)hot, to get extremely warm (iron heated in a fire) — to have a fever, a high temperature 554
#559 Tigrinya ʔarsänä to heat, cause to become red-hot → to hit s.o. (us. on the nose) 554
#184 Tigrinya däḳḳäsä to sleep, slumber → to sleep (with a woman) 1748, 2105
#2548 Tigrinya həṭur fat, stoutish, plump; in good health, sturdy → brave, valorous 55
#2668 Tigrinya ṭäbäbä to be shrewd, crafty, wise → wizard, magician, sorcerer 2457
#3422 Tigrinya ʔamäl character, temperament, individuality → vicious, bad-tempered (horse) 1423
#1087 Tigrinya fätḥe to untie, undo → to translate, to decipher, solve (a riddle), to figure s.th. out, to resolve (a problem) 2689
#2884 Tigrinya läḳ̃läḳ̃ä to paint, daub, smear, coat walls with mud → to be a talebearer, to lie 87
#392 Tigrinya ṣəbbuḳ̆ pretty, charming, beautiful, handsome — good, excellent, fine 2577
#1451 Tigrinya sənčəro brooklet, rivulet, intermittent small stream — gorge, ravine, valley 741
#1818 Tigrinya ṭərä raw, not ground; half-baked, green, immature’‘raw, not ground; half-baked, green, immature → plebeian, inelegant, callow, vulgar, coarse, rude 2423
#1020 Tigrinya sur, sər root (of a plant) → vein, artery 665
#827 Tigrinya bärhe to be clear (sky, weather); to shine, be bright → spotted with light brown and white (cow's coat), piebald, having a blaze on the forehead 1111-1113
#2931 Tigrinya zäbäṭä to hit, beat, strike → fig. to have sex (vulg.) 1992-1993
#2214 Tigrinya həṭur in good health, sturdy ← fat, stoutish, plump 55
#2608 Tigrinya ʔawgǝʕe to amuse oneself, spend one's time in amusements, games, joking etc. — to converse, tell stories 1801
#3543 Tigrinya ṣägʷri hair, fur, tresses → dignity 2616-2617
#2048 Tigrinya ʕaḳ̆äb, ʕaḳ̆äbät slope, ascent, acclivity, rise (hill) — difficulty 1868-69
#1165 Tigrinya ṣäʕarä to toil, work hard, strive, to exert oneself → to be in labour (woman) 2603
#2003 Tigrinya bälliḥ sharp, pointed, whetted (blade, tool) → clever, shrewd, astute, smart, intelligent, brilliant, incisive or penetrating (of mind) 1088-1089
#1038 Tigrinya bäham mute, dumb → foolish, silly, imbecile 1082
#1077 Tigrinya səbuḥ fat → fat 700
#3446 Tigrinya kärbäṭä to add water to a liquid to stretch it out, to dilute milk with water → to cheat, deceive, swindle, dupe 1595
#2919 Akkadian ayāṣu weasel — mouse, rat 1497
#115 Tigrinya fäṭṭan quick, swift, speedy, rapid → deft, skillful, alert, industrious 2733
#242 Tigrinya ḥazä to hold, seize, grasp, grab — to understand, catch on to, realize 264
#761 Tigrinya ʔalämä to weave — to slander, to make a plot 1413
#1995 Tigrinya näḳ̆äṣä to become dry, to dry up → to be harsh, cruel, heartless, pitiless 1319
#2009 Tigrinya ʔənḳʷaḳʷəḥo egg, ovum — bribe 1477
#474 Tigrinya ʕayni eye — to cast the evil eye 1913
#520 Tigrinya kəsad neck — hill, notch (mountain pass), mountain pass 1619
#1838 Tigrinya bəbəlaš in vain, for nothing, gratis — uselessly, in vain 1091
#1365 Tigrinya ḥayyal strong, powerful, mighty → much, very much, a lot 273, 1565
#2547 Tigrinya räggʷid fat, stout, beefy, tubby, thick; robust, bulky → (fig.) rich 606
#3439 Tigrinya ṭaʕmi taste, flavor, savor → much, greatly, a lot 2473
#917 Tigre waḳḳala to be high → to be loud 438
#99 Tigre ramḳa to seek ← to ask, to entreat earnestly 158
#57 Tigrinya ḳolʕa child, kid, infant — servant, domestic 900
#170 Tigrinya mäsḥe to hit hard ← to take the noon meal, eat lunch 388
#2163 Amharic ḳʷärräṭä to cut, cut off, amputate → to interrupt, to cut off, cut shortö to break off, sever (relations); to terminate 739, 741
#3432 Tigrinya räḵäbä to meet, to encounter; to find → to happen 585
#3418 Tigrinya säbärä to break → to break off, interrupt 702
#40 Tigrinya räḵäbä to encounter, to meet — to find, discover 585
#1314 Tigrinya zəbʔi hyena → voracious eater 1991
#3444 Tigrinya ṭəraḥ empty — only, solely, alone 2424
#3448 Tigrinya täläwä to follow, follow after → to mount the female (full, billygoat, jackass) 1223
#3449 Tigrinya dongolla boulder, rock → stupid, ignorant, uneducated person 2132
#2626 Tigrinya zärägä to make liquids turbid, to stir up the dregs (of a beverage, to make muddy, dirty → to confuse, deceive s.o. with ambiguous word, to disrupt, to disconcert; to disarrange, derange, to dissipate, to mess, muddle 1980
#3455 Tigrinya wägʕi chat, talk, story → culture, custom, ceremony, rite, ritual 1801
#3456 Tigre gärob body → to copulate 2260
#3457 Tigrinya bädni corpse, cadaver → to reek, stink 1198
#3461 Tigrinya fäṣṣämä to complete, finish, end, close, conclude, wind up (an affair, a task) → complete(ly), absolutely, utterly, decidedly 1366, 2737
#3503 Geez ṭayyaḳa look, watch, contemplate → to pay a visit, call on (visit); to ask, to interrogate 2174
#3544 Tigrinya ḳərnib, ḳärnab, ḳərnəb, ḳəränəb eyelash → awn, beard, spike (of grain) 944
#1293 Tigrinya kʷərnaʕ elbow → street corner; angle (direction); side (direction) 1599
#3536 Tigrinya käbdi stomach, belly, tummy, liver, abdomen → glutton, gourmand 1635
#2800 Tigrinya rəḥəm belly ← womb 540
#3584 Tigrinya məruṣ chosen, selected → the better or best (of several things), choice, select; exquisite 378-79
#2915 Tigre ḳaṭin thin, fine, slender → back (of animals); body (of men) 262
#3565 Tigrinya ʔanfi nose (Hamasien dialect) → pen point 1498
#3447 Tigrinya wägärä to throw down → (vulg.) to copulate, have intercourse with a woman 1797
#3437 Tigrinya bärärä to fly (bird, plane) → to run away, to bolt in fright (cattle), to escape, flee 1115
#781 Tigrinya bägg bälä to shine, gleam all at once, flare up, make a burst of flame or light → to flare up in anger 1202
#1999 Tigrinya ləməṣməṣ bälä to be soft, smooth — to make excuses, evade, escape from s.th. with excuses 83
#3454 Tigrinya zärägä shaken, turbid (liquid) → sexually dissolute, pervert, dissipated, libertine, rake 1980
#2679 Tigrinya käbti grazing animal, livestock, cattle → blockhead, dolt 1632
#1394 Tigrinya ʔadgi donkey → stupid, dolt (insult) 1534
#3443 Tigrinya bäggəʕ sheep → nice, kind person 1205
#2884 Tigrinya lässänä to plaster, to whitewash a wall, to smooth (by filling in gaps) → to flatter, deceive, hoax, to wheedle, cajole, caress (in order to gain s.o.'s affection or favor 85
#359 Tigrinya läḵäfä to touch with the fingertip, to rub lightly, to barely elbow s.o. → to attack s.o. verbally, call him names 117
#2542 Tigrinya däḳḳiḳ̆ small → thorough, detailed, intimate or exhaustive (knowledge of s.th.) 2108
#827 Tigrinya bägbäg bälä to flash, gleam suddenly; to burn, to blaze → to be dotted, spotted, beflecked with pimples (from measles, etc.) 1204
#901 Tigrinya fäkkʷis light, lightweight — easy, plain, simple 2715
#548 Tigrinya ṣäbäbä to be narrow, tight, not to be commodious, e.g., a room or a house → to bring into distress, straits 2578
#2893 Tigrinya laʕṭäṭä to mix water and flour, to make dough, to knead → to hit, beat s.o. mercilessly 130
#2893 Tigrinya läwäsä to knead (dough), to squeeze, press hard in order to mix and to soften, e.g. clay → to hit hard, rain down blows 119
#1827 Tigrinya däḳ̃ʷäsä to pound, grind to a powder (salt, pepper etc.), to pulverize, crush to bits → to repress, subdue, suppress, quash (a political activity, a rebellion); to stunt (development) 2107
#361 Tigrinya läḵäfä to touch with the fingertip, to rub lightly → to infect, contaminate 117
#1743 Tigrinya wäṭṭärä to stretch a hide; to tense, tighten, tauten → to make difficult demands; to ask a hard question; to put in a dilemma 1806-1807
#878 Tigrinya mal herd (of livestock) ← possessions, money ('bien, fortune, avoir, argent, richesses') 1847
#1294 Tigrinya bəzuḥ much, many, several, numerous → very much, a lot 1187, 1615
#2002 Tigrinya ḥarfaf rough, boorish, uncouth, shaggy, mat (coarse), scabrous, rugged — roughly (approximately) 199
#2892 Tigrinya läḵäfä to touch with the fingertip, to rub lightly, to barely elbow s.o. → frivolous, thoughtless, stupid, scatterbrained, mentally disturbed, maniac 117
#2557 Tigrinya ḳʷərʕo, ḳurʕo, ḳʷärʕo frog → toad 946
#3512 Tigrinya ṣänḥe to wait — to stay, stop, tarry, linger; to remain, to last, to be around; to be late, tardy 2583
#831 Tigrinya kʷinat, kʷənat spear → war 1649
#3415 Tigrinya maḥ bälä to gleam, shine, glitter, sparkle — to pound, throb 343
#533 Tigrinya zəban back — hill 1990
#965 Tigrinya kalʔay another, a second, latter → companion, associate, partner 1566
#61 Tigrinya ḳənuʕ straight, straightened → correct, right, genuine 997
#2547 Tigrinya həṭur fat, stoutish, plump → rich, prosperous 55
#2163 Tigrinya bätäḵä to cut → to disconnect, to interrupt 1160
#98 Tigrinya tärrir hard, strong, solid, resistant → hard and unyielding (person), obstinate, inflexible, stubborn 1235
#2237 Geez ḥamalmil green → brown (leather) 170
#4072 Tigrinya wəšṭi inside → deep 1749
#4221 Tigrinya tägälbäṭä to turn over — to turn back to look at smth. 2215
#4221 Tigrinya tägämṭälä to turn over — to turn back to look at smth. 2248
#113 Tigrinya därbäyä to throw → to leave 2084
#2232 Tigrinya ḥəmmaḳ̌ ugly ← bad 175-176
#1171 Tigrinya ləbbi heart — location of emotions 99
#745 Tigrinya ṭäfˀe to be lost, to disappear — to perish 2488
#1629 Tigrinya näwiḥ long (size) → high (size), tall 1346
#1118 Tigrinya ṣəfri nail (body part) — claw 2627
#1203 Tigrinya ṣəfri nail (body part) — hoof 2627
#495 Tigrinya ʔanfi nose → in front of, before 1408
#975 Tigrinya wädäḳ̌ä to fall down → to die 1787-88
#2901 Tigrinya säḥatä to miss (target, etc.) — to make a mistake, to err, to blunder 646
#1186 Tigrinya näwiḥ long (size) — long (period of time) 1346-1347
#2865 Tigrinya däḳäḳä to be minute, attenuated; to grow thin and fine; to be pulverized, broken to bits → children 2108
#787 Tigrinya ləslus soft, fresh — smooth (hair) 84
#545 Tigrinya fädäyä to return borrowed money, repay or pay off a debt ← to avenge, get revenge 2724
#4403 Tigrinya ʕabiy big, huge, great, large, considerable, tremendous → elder, adult 1876
#40 Tigrinya ˀagnäyä, ˀagnəyä to find → to meet with, to encounter 2322
#791 Tigrinya däräḳ dry, arid, stony (soil), dry (grain) — unyielding, stubborn 2079
#1102 Tigrinya ləslus soft, fresh → delicate, mild, good, gentle, charitable 84
#2594 Tigrinya däḳḳäsä to sleep → motionless 2105
#47 Tigrinya käbdi stomach, belly → heart, centre 1635
#2256 Tigrinya ḥəmbərti navel → middle, centre (of a place), nucleus 176

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