ለፌ

Ge'ez

Etymology

Univerbation of ለ- (lä-, “for”) and Proto-Semitic *piʔat- (“side; border; front, facing part of anything”).

Adverb

ለፌ • (läfe)

1. thence, here and there, hither thither, from there
2. since, thenceforth
3. above, higher, over

Related terms

• ለፈየ (läfäyä)
• ተለፈየ (täläfäyä)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ለፌ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 65–66
• Praetorius, Franz (1879) Die amharische Sprache (in German), Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, page 143