ከርካዕ

Ge'ez

Etymology

Compare Tigre and Tigrinya ካዕካዕ (kaʿkaʿ) meaning various tree nuts, probably of imitative origin.

Noun

ከርካዕ • (kärkaʿ)

1. almond (fruit and tree)

   Synonyms: ለውዝ (läwz), ስግድ (səgd)

2. walnut (fruit and tree)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ከርካዕ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 839
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ከርካዕ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 291a–b