ወቀረ

Ge'ez

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic وَقَرَ (waqara).

Verb

ወቀረ • (wäḳärä)

1. to excavate, dig, cut
   • Numbers 21:18

     እንተ ፡ ከረይዋ ፡ መላእክት ፡ ወወቀርዋ ፡ ነገሥተ ፡ አሕዛብ ፡ በምኵናኖሙ ፤ ወእምይአቲ ፡ ዐዘቅት ፡ ውስተ ፡ መንተናይን ።

     ʾəntä käräywa mälaʾkət wäwäḳärwa nägäśtä ʾäḥzab bämkʷənanomu ; wäʾməyʾäti ʿäzäḳt wəstä mäntänayn .

     About the well that the princes dug, that the nobles of the people sank— the nobles with scepters and staffs.” Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah.

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ወቀረ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 912