ከፈተ

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Amharic

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Root
ከ-ፈ-ተ
(kä-fä-tä)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kəfˈfətə/
  • Hyphenation: ከ‧ፈ‧ተ

Verb

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ከፈተ (käffätä)

  1. (transitive) to open
  2. (transitive) to unlock
  3. (transitive) to turn on
  4. (transitive) to reveal
  5. (transitive) to explain
  6. (transitive) to subjugate
  7. (intransitive, of weather) to clear up
  8. (intransitive, of colours) to brighten

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Ge'ez: ከፈተ (käfätä)

References

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  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ከፈተ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 15

Chaha

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Etymology

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Compare Tigrinya ከፈተ (käfätä, open).

Verb

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ከፈተ (käfätä)

  1. to open

Further reading

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  • Sharon Rose, Chaha (Gurage) Morphology
  • John J McCarthy, Consonantal Morphology in the Chaha Verb

Tigrinya

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Verb

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ከፈተ (käfätä)

  1. to open

Conjugation

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