አባ

Tigre

Etymology

Compare Arabic أَبَى (ʔabā) derived from Proto-Semitic *ʔabay-.

Verb

አባ • (ʾäba) (verbal noun እብየት (ʾəbyät))

1. to refuse or not to want
2. to hate, to have aversion for

Related terms

• እቢ (ʾəbbi, “enmity”)
• አባይ (ʾäbay, “enemy”)
• እቡይ (ʾəbuy, “rejected; enemy”)
• ኡቡይ (ʾubuy, “hated”)
• ተኣባ (täʾaba, “to be on the outs, to be at variance”)
• አተኣባ (ʾätäʾaba, “to make at variance; to maltreat”)
• መኣቢት (mäʾabit, “enmity”)
• አባያ (ʾäbaya, “stubborn”)

References

• Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “አባ”, 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 368b