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ወባ

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Amharic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic وَبَاء (wabāʔ).

Noun

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ወባ (wäba?

  1. fever such as caused by malaria or yellow fever
  2. mosquito, especially malaria mosquito

Adjective

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ወባ (wäba)

  1. skinny

Further reading

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  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ወባ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1535a