ስገም

Tigre

Etymology

Cognate with Ge'ez ሰገም (sägäm). A Cushitic borrowing, compare Xamtanga sikema, Blin sekma, Awngi simeki.

Noun

ስገም • (səgäm)

1. barley

   Synonym: ሽዒር (šəʿir)

   • 1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume III: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Tigrē Text.‎^[1], Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 139 Nr. 193 line 4:

     translation into German Enno Littmann, editor (1913), Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume IV: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Deutsche Übersetzung und Commentar.‎^[2] (in Tigre), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 291

References

• Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ስገም”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎^[3], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 198a
• Marrassini, Paolo (2003) “The Semites in Abyssinia: Onomastic and Lexicographical Notes”, in Kogan, Leonid, editor, Studia Semitica (Orientalia: Papers of the Oriental Institute; III), Moscow, →ISBN, page 149

Tigrinya

Etymology

Cognate with Ge'ez ሰገም (sägäm). A Cushitic borrowing, compare Xamtanga sikema, Blin sekma, Awngi simeki.

Noun

ስገም • (səgäm)

1. barley

References

• Marrassini, Paolo (2003) “The Semites in Abyssinia: Onomastic and Lexicographical Notes”, in Kogan, Leonid, editor, Studia Semitica (Orientalia: Papers of the Oriental Institute; III), Moscow, →ISBN, page 149