ልሕጺ

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Tigrinya[edit]

Noun[edit]

ልሕጺ (ləḥṣi)

  1. bark
    ተመንያ ዝረአየስ፣ ብልሕጺ / ብልሕፂ ተደሕለ
    (tämän-ya zə-räʾayä-s bə-ləḥṣi tädäḥlä)
    The one who has seen a snake is afraid of a bark (i.e. anything that resembles a snake) (proverb) [1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Praetorius, Franz: Tigrina-Sprüchwörter, in: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, Bd. 39 (1885), p. 323