ከተበ

Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *katab-.

Verb

ከተበ • (kättäbä)

1. to write, to jot down
2. to make an amulet with writing on it
3. to incise, to scratch, to prick
4. (horticulture) to inoculate, to graft
5. to vaccinate, to jab
6. (obsolete) to draft, to enlist, to enroll (soldiers or students)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1430

Ge'ez

Root
ከ-ተ-በ (kä-tä-bä)
2 terms

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *katab-.

Verb

ከተበ • (kätäbä) (prefix conjugation ይክትብ (yəktəb))

1. to write, to register

Related terms

• ተከትበ (täkätbä, “to be written”)
• ከታቢ (kätabi, “scribe, draughtsman”)
• ክታብ (kətab, “document; amulet, fetish”)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ከተበ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 852
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ከተበ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 297b

Tigrinya

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *katab-.

Verb

ከተበ • (kätäbä) (prefix conjugation ይኸትብ (yəxätb))

1. to vaccinate
2. to draft, to enlist
3. to make amulets

Related terms

• ክታብ (kətab, “amulet, fetish”)
• ተኸትበ (täxätbä, “to be vaccinated; to be drafted”)
• ከታቢ (kätabi, “vaccinator”)
• መኽተቢ (mäxtäbi, “vaccination instrument”)

References

• da Bassano, Francesco (1918) “ከተበ”, in Vocabolario tigray-italiano e repertorio italiano-tigray (in Italian), Rome: Casa editrice italiana di C. de Luigi, columns 603–604