ፈታ

Amharic

Verb

ፈታ • (fäta)

  1. to release
  2. to solve
  3. to divorce

Tigre

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *pataw-.

Verb

ፈታ • (fäta)

  1. to love, to desire
    • 1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume III: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Tigrē Text.‎, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 167 Nr. 237 line 19:
      ትምባክ፡ፈቴ፡አቡካ፡ምን፡ሐሊብማ፡ወእክል።
      təmbak-fätte-ʾäbuka-mən-ḥälibma-wä-ʾəkəl.
      Tobacco thy father loves more than milk and than cereal.
      translated into German Enno Littmann, editor (1913), Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume IV: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Deutsche Übersetzung und Commentar.‎ (in Tigre), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 353

Derived terms

  • ፈቲ (fäti, verbal noun)
  • ፍቲ (fətti, verbal noun)
  • ፍትየት (fətyät, verbal noun)
  • ፍትዬ (fətye, verbal noun)
  • ፍትዮ (fətyo, verbal noun)
  • መፍታይ (mäftay, verbal noun)
  • ፍታይ (fəttay, passive verbal noun)
  • ፍቱይ (fətuy, “beloved”), feminine ፍቲት (fətit)
  • ፋቲ m (fati, active participle), ፋትየት f (fatyät, active participle), ፋይተት f (faytät, “loving”, active participle)
    • ፋይተት (faytät, “doxy”), plural ፈያቲብ (fäyatib), ፈዋቲ (fäwati)
      • ፈይተተ (fäytätä, “to have a side ting”), verbal noun ፈይተቶት (fäytätot)
    • ፋቲአት (fatiʾät, “doxy”), plural ፈዋቲ (fäwati)
    • ፋትያይ (fatyay, “doxy”)
    • ፋይታይ (faytay, “doxy”)
    • ፈታይ (fätay, “friend”), feminine ፈታዪት (fätayit), plural ፈተች (fätäč), feminine ፈተችት (fätäčət)
  • አፍታ (ʾäfta, “to cause to love”, causative)
  • ትፈታ (təfäta, “to sense voluptuousness”, təfätta), verbal noun መትፈታይ (mätəfättay, “lust”)
  • ትፋታ (təfata, “to love each other”)
    • አትፋታ (ʾätfata, “to make love each other”, causative)
  • ፈታ (fätta, “wish”)
  • አፍታ (ʾäfta, “friendship”)

Noun

ፈታ • (fätta)

  1. wish

References

  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ፈታ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 666a
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