ስጋ

Amharic

ስጋ(2)።

ስጋ(3)።

Etymology

Cognate with Ge'ez ሥጋ (śəga), Tigrinya ስጋ (səga) and Tigre ስጋ (səga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɨɡa/
• Hyphenation: ስ‧ጋ

Noun

ስጋ • (səga) m (plural ስጋዎች (səgawočč) or ስጎች (səgočč))

1. flesh
2. meat
3. pulp

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ስጋ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 579

Tigrinya

Alternative forms

• ሥጋ

Noun

ስጋ • (səga)

1. meat