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

Realizations (134)

Shift Language Lexeme Source Target Page
#2888 Tigrinya mäggäbä to feed, to nourish → to steer, be a steward, direct, manage, administer 515
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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
#878 Tigrinya ṭərit livestock ← riches, wealth, goods, property, possessions, estate 2434
#2818 Tigrinya käbdi stomach, belly, tummy, liver, abdomen → center, middle part 1635
#276 Tigrinya kǝbur dear, precious, expensive, costly ← honorable, honored, respectable, reputable, eminent, dignified, impressive 1628
#806 Tigrinya näḳ̆äṣä to become dry, to dry up — to be dry (cow of milk) 1319
#477 Tigrinya ʔaf mouth → river mouth, outfall (lit. 'mouth of water') 1546-47
#532 Tigrinya gobo side, flank — slope, hill 2289
#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
#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
#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
#1234 Tigrinya kälkälä to forbid, prohibit, interdit → to guard 1567
#1340 Tigrinya ṣägʷri hair — fur 2616
#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
#68 Geez ṣəbāḥ morning, early morning, daybreak → tomorrow 2575
#813 Tigrinya ṣaʕda white → milk, dairy products 2608
#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
#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
#385 Tigrinya ḥəḳo, ḥəḳḳʷä loins, hip(s) → back 213
#873 Tigrinya ʕaṣṣiḳ̆ tough, hard — hard, unfeeling or insensitive person 1943
#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
#1087 Tigrinya fätḥe to untie, undo → to translate, to decipher, solve (a riddle), to figure s.th. out, to resolve (a problem) 2689
#392 Tigrinya ṣəbbuḳ̆ pretty, charming, beautiful, handsome — good, excellent, fine 2577
#1451 Tigrinya sənčəro brooklet, rivulet, intermittent small stream — gorge, ravine, valley 741
#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
#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
#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
#474 Tigrinya ʕayni eye — to cast the evil eye 1913
#520 Tigrinya kəsad neck — hill, notch (mountain pass), mountain pass 1619
#1365 Tigrinya ḥayyal strong, powerful, mighty → much, very much, a lot 273, 1565
#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
#3432 Tigrinya räḵäbä to meet, to encounter; to find → to happen 585
#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
#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
#3456 Tigre gärob body → to copulate 2260
#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
#1293 Tigrinya kʷərnaʕ elbow → street corner; angle (direction); side (direction) 1599
#2800 Tigrinya rəḥəm belly ← womb 540
#3584 Tigrinya məruṣ chosen, selected → the better or best (of several things), choice, select; exquisite 378-79
#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
#1394 Tigrinya ʔadgi donkey → stupid, dolt (insult) 1534
#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
#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
#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
#2892 Tigrinya läḵäfä to touch with the fingertip, to rub lightly, to barely elbow s.o. → frivolous, thoughtless, stupid, scatterbrained, mentally disturbed, maniac 117
#831 Tigrinya kʷinat, kʷənat spear → war 1649
#533 Tigrinya zəban back — hill 1990
#61 Tigrinya ḳənuʕ straight, straightened → correct, right, genuine 997
#98 Tigrinya tärrir hard, strong, solid, resistant → hard and unyielding (person), obstinate, inflexible, stubborn 1235
#2237 Geez ḥamalmil green → brown (leather) 170
#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

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