ሐበ

Tigre

Etymology

See Arabic ح ب ب (ḥ-b-b); this Tigre term is likely connected to this Semitic root via a semantic chain of "bosom" → "curved surface, curvature; a swelling" → "curving, winding forth; swelling, protuberating forward".

Verb

ሐበ • (ḥäbbä)

1. to snake, to wind oneself, to curve

Related terms

• ሐቡብ (ḥäbub, “wavy”)
• ሐበት (ḥäbbät, “berry; swelling”) (likely an Arabism)
• ተሓበበ (täḥabäbä, “to be kind”) (Arabism)
• አትሓበበ (ʾätḥabäbä, “to cause to be kind to each other”) (Arabism)

References

• Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ሐበ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, pages 79b–80a