ስብጥ

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Ge'ez

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *šibṭ-.

Noun

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ስብጥ (səbṭ)

  1. rod, pointed shaft

References

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Tigre

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Proto-Semitic *šabṭ- (stick, staff) due to its flowerheads, maybe because they smite people dead due to the plant’s toxicity.

Noun

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ስብጥ (səbṭ)

  1. African soapberry (Phytolacca abyssinica, considered to be included by Phytolacca dodecandra)

References

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  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ስብጥ”, 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, page 185b