እጅ

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እጅ • (ʾəǧǧ) m

am-noun

እጅ • (ʾəǧǧ) m

From Proto-Semitic *yad-. Cognates include Ge'ez እድ (ʾəd) and Arabic يَد (yad).


ደም

From Proto-Semitic *dam-. Cognate with Hebrew דם and Arabic دَم (dam).


ራስ

ras (romanization)
ራስ (indefinite masculine)
ራሱ (definite masculine nominative)
ራሱን (accusative definite masculine)
ራስን (accusative masculine)
ራሴ (first-person possessive singular)
ራሳችን (first-person plural possessive)
ራስህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ራሳችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ራስዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
ራስሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ራሳችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ራስዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
ራሱ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ራሳቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
ራሳቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ራሷ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ራሳቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
ራሳቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)

→ English: ras

From Proto-Semitic *raʔš-. Cognates include Ge'ez ርእስ (rəʾs) and Arabic رَأْس (raʔs).

እሱ ራሱ. ― ʾəssu rasu ― He himself. (literally, “He his head.”)

When possessed, used to form reflexive pronouns; -self, -selves


ልብ

ləbb (romanization)
ልብ (indefinite masculine)
ልቡ (definite masculine nominative)
ልቡን (accusative definite masculine)
ልብን (accusative masculine)
ልቤ (first-person possessive singular)
ልባችን (first-person plural possessive)
ልብህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ልባችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ልብዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
ልብሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ልባችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ልብዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
ልቡ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ልባቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
ልባቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ልቧ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ልባቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
ልባቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)

From Proto-Semitic *libb-. Cognates include Ge'ez ልብ (ləbb) and Arabic لُبّ (lubb).


አፍ

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አፍ • (ʾäf) ?

am-noun

አፍ • (ʾäf) ?


እምስ

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እምስ • (ʾəms) m

am-noun

እምስ • (ʾəms) m

ʾəms (romanization)
እምስ (indefinite masculine)
እምሱ (definite masculine nominative)
እምሱን (accusative definite masculine)
እምስን (accusative masculine)
እምሴ (first-person possessive singular)
እምሳችን (first-person plural possessive)
እምስህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
እምሳችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
እምስዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
እምስሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
እምሳችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
እምስዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
እምሱ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
እምሳቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
እምሳቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
እምሷ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
እምሳቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
እምሳቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)


ሐኪም

ḥakim (romanization)
ሐኪም (indefinite masculine)
ሐኪሙ (definite masculine nominative)
ሐኪሙን (accusative definite masculine)
ሐኪምን (accusative masculine)
ሐኪሜ (first-person possessive singular)
ሐኪማችን (first-person plural possessive)
ሐኪምህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ሐኪማችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ሐኪምዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
ሐኪምሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ሐኪማችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ሐኪምዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
ሐኪሙ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ሐኪማቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
ሐኪማቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ሐኪሟ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ሐኪማቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
ሐኪማቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)


ብርቱካን

→? Afar: burtukán

→ Sidamo: burtukaane

Borrowed from Arabic بُرْتُقَان (burtuqān).


ሆድ

hod (romanization)
ሆድ (indefinite masculine)
ሆዱ (definite masculine nominative)
ሆዱን (accusative definite masculine)
ሆድን (accusative masculine)
ሆዴ (first-person possessive singular)
ሆዳችን (first-person plural possessive)
ሆድህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ሆዳችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ሆድዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
ሆድሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ሆዳችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ሆድዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
ሆዱ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ሆዳቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
ሆዳቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ሆዷ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ሆዳቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
ሆዳቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)


ጉበት

gubbät (romanization)
ጉበት (indefinite masculine)
ጉበቱ (definite masculine nominative)
ጉበቱን (accusative definite masculine)
ጉበትን (accusative masculine)
ጉበቴ (first-person possessive singular)
ጉበታችን (first-person plural possessive)
ጉበትህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ጉበታችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ጉበትዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
ጉበትሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ጉበታችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ጉበትዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
ጉበቱ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ጉበታቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
ጉበታቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ጉበቷ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ጉበታቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
ጉበታቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)


ጡት

ṭut (romanization)
ጡት (indefinite masculine)
ጡቱ (definite masculine nominative)
ጡቱን (accusative definite masculine)
ጡትን (accusative masculine)
ጡቴ (first-person possessive singular)
ጡታችን (first-person plural possessive)
ጡትህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ጡታችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ጡትዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
ጡትሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ጡታችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ጡትዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
ጡቱ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ጡታቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
ጡታቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ጡቷ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ጡታቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
ጡታቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)


አፍንጫ

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አፍንጫ • (ʾafənč̣a) m

am-noun

አፍንጫ • (ʾafənč̣a) m

ʾafənč̣a (romanization)
አፍንጫ (indefinite masculine)
አፍንጫው (definite masculine nominative)
አፍንጫውን (accusative definite masculine)
አፍንጫን (accusative masculine)
አፍንጫዬ (first-person possessive singular)
አፍንጫችን (first-person plural possessive)
አፍንጫህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
አፍንጫችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
አፍንጫዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
አፍንጫሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
አፍንጫችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
አፍንጫዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
አፍንጫው (masculine possessive singular third-person)
አፍንጫቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
አፍንጫቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
አፍንጫዋ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
አፍንጫቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
አፍንጫቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)

Unknown. Kogan rejects Appleyard's suggestion of a connection to Proto-Semitic *ʔanp-, in part because of evidence that the initial consonant was originally /w/, but mentions a phonologically problematic suggestion from Bulakh that connects the term with ተናፈጠ (tänaffäṭä, “blow one's nose”).


ጭንቅላት

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ጭንቅላት • (č̣ənḳəllat) m

am-noun

ጭንቅላት • (č̣ənḳəllat) m

č̣ənḳəllat (romanization)
ጭንቅላት (indefinite masculine)
ጭንቅላቱ (definite masculine nominative)
ጭንቅላቱን (accusative definite masculine)
ጭንቅላትን (accusative masculine)
ጭንቅላቴ (first-person possessive singular)
ጭንቅላታችን (first-person plural possessive)
ጭንቅላትህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ጭንቅላታችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ጭንቅላትዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
ጭንቅላትሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ጭንቅላታችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ጭንቅላትዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
ጭንቅላቱ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ጭንቅላታቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
ጭንቅላታቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ጭንቅላቷ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ጭንቅላታቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
ጭንቅላታቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)

/t͡ʃʼɨnˈkʼɨlːat/


ጉልበት

gulbät (romanization)
ጉልበት (indefinite masculine)
ጉልበቱ (definite masculine nominative)
ጉልበቱን (accusative definite masculine)
ጉልበትን (accusative masculine)
ጉልበቴ (first-person possessive singular)
ጉልበታችን (first-person plural possessive)
ጉልበትህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ጉልበታችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ጉልበትዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
ጉልበትሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ጉልበታችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ጉልበትዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
ጉልበቱ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ጉልበታቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
ጉልበታቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ጉልበቷ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ጉልበታቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
ጉልበታቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)

Ultimately from Cushitic. Related to Afar gúlub.


ምላስ

məlas (romanization)
ምላስ (indefinite masculine)
ምላሱ (definite masculine nominative)
ምላሱን (accusative definite masculine)
ምላስን (accusative masculine)
ምላሴ (first-person possessive singular)
ምላሳችን (first-person plural possessive)
ምላስህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ምላሳችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ምላስዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
ምላስሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ምላሳችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ምላስዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
ምላሱ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ምላሳቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
ምላሳቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ምላሷ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ምላሳቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
ምላሳቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)

Cognates include Tigrinya መልሓስ (mälḥas).


እግር

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እግር • (ʾəgər) m

am-noun

እግር • (ʾəgər) m

ʾəgər (romanization)
እግር (indefinite masculine)
እግሩ (definite masculine nominative)
እግሩን (accusative definite masculine)
እግርን (accusative masculine)
እግሬ (first-person possessive singular)
እግራችን (first-person plural possessive)
እግርህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
እግራችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
እግርዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
እግርሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
እግራችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
እግርዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
እግሩ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
እግራቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
እግራቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
እግሯ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
እግራቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
እግራቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)

Common Ethiopian Semitic metathesis from Proto-Semitic *rigl-.


ጨጓራ

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ጨጓራ • (č̣ägʷara) ?

am-noun

ጨጓራ • (č̣ägʷara) ?


ሳሙና

Borrowed from Arabic صَابُونَة (ṣābūna).

bor

Arabic صَابُونَة (ṣābūna)


ብጒንጅ

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ብጒንጅ • (bəgʷinǧ)

Compare Arabic بَجَل (bajal, “endemic syphilis”).


በገን

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በገን • (bägän)

redness of the skin of the legs when one has exposed them to the sun during the wet season


ጋሜ

A kind of strait haircut, clean-shaven save for a circumferent strip at the nethermost part.

ጋማ

frontlet, headband around the circumference; gamma


ስልቻ

ስልቻ • (səlləča)


ፊት

→ Tigrinya: ፊት (fit)

From Proto-Semitic *piʔat-. Cognates include Arabic فِئَة (fiʔa) and Hebrew פֵּאָה.

cog

Hebrew פֵּאָה


ኑዛዜ

nuzzaze (romanization)
ኑዛዜ (indefinite masculine)
ኑዛዜው (definite masculine nominative)
ኑዛዜውን (accusative definite masculine)
ኑዛዜን (accusative masculine)
ኑዛዜዬ (first-person possessive singular)
ኑዛዜያችን (first-person plural possessive)
ኑዛዜህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ኑዛዜያችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ኑዛዜዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
ኑዛዜሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ኑዛዜያችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ኑዛዜዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
ኑዛዜው (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ኑዛዜያቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
ኑዛዜያቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ኑዛዜዋ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ኑዛዜያቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
ኑዛዜያቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)


ቂንጥር

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ቂንጥር • (ḳinṭər) m

am-noun

ቂንጥር • (ḳinṭər) m

ḳinṭər (romanization)
ቂንጥር (indefinite masculine)
ቂንጥሩ (definite masculine nominative)
ቂንጥሩን (accusative definite masculine)
ቂንጥርን (accusative masculine)
ቂንጥሬ (first-person possessive singular)
ቂንጥራችን (first-person plural possessive)
ቂንጥርህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ቂንጥራችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ቂንጥርዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
ቂንጥርሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ቂንጥራችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ቂንጥርዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
ቂንጥሩ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ቂንጥራቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
ቂንጥራቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ቂንጥሯ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ቂንጥራቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
ቂንጥራቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)


ቻይ

čay (romanization)
ቻይ (indefinite)
ቻዩ (definite masculine nominative)
ቻዯ (definite feminine nominative)
ቻዪቱ (definite feminine nominative)
ቻዪቷ (definite feminine nominative)
ቻዩን (accusative definite masculine)
ቻዯን (accusative definite feminine)
ቻዪቱን (accusative definite feminine)
ቻዪቷን (accusative definite feminine)
ቻይን (accusative)
ቻዬ (first-person possessive singular)
ቻያችን (first-person plural possessive)
ቻይህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ቻያችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ቻይዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
ቻይሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ቻያችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ቻይዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
ቻዩ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ቻያቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
ቻያቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ቻዯ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ቻያቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
ቻያቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)


ተረከዝ

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ተረከዝ • (täräkäz) m

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ተረከዝ • (täräkäz) m

Possibly related to Arabic رَكَزَ (rakaza, “to plant into the ground, to embed”).


ሽጉጡን፡ጠጣ

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šəgguṭun ṭäṭṭa

ሽጉጡን፡ጠጣ • (šəgguṭun ṭäṭṭa)

am-verb

šəgguṭun ṭäṭṭa

ሽጉጡን፡ጠጣ • (šəgguṭun ṭäṭṭa)

/ˈʃɨɡːutʼun ˌtʼətʼːa/

(intransitive) to commit suicide by shooting oneself in the mouth

ሽጕጡን፡ጠጣ

šəggʷəṭun ṭäṭṭa


ሽንት

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ሽንት • (šənt) m

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ሽንት • (šənt) m

šənt (romanization)
ሽንት (indefinite masculine)
ሽንቱ (definite masculine nominative)
ሽንቱን (accusative definite masculine)
ሽንትን (accusative masculine)
ሽንቴ (first-person possessive singular)
ሽንታችን (first-person plural possessive)
ሽንትህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ሽንታችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ሽንትዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
ሽንትሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ሽንታችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ሽንትዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
ሽንቱ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ሽንታቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
ሽንታቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ሽንቷ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ሽንታቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
ሽንታቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)


ሽንት፡ቤት

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ሽንት፡ቤት • (šənt bet) m

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ሽንት፡ቤት • (šənt bet) m

šənt bet (romanization)
ሽንት፡ቤት (indefinite masculine)
ሽንት፡ቤቱ (definite masculine nominative)
ሽንት፡ቤቱን (accusative definite masculine)
ሽንት፡ቤትን (accusative masculine)
ሽንት፡ቤቴ (first-person possessive singular)
ሽንት፡ቤታችን (first-person plural possessive)
ሽንት፡ቤትህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ሽንት፡ቤታችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ሽንት፡ቤትዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
ሽንት፡ቤትሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ሽንት፡ቤታችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ሽንት፡ቤትዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
ሽንት፡ቤቱ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ሽንት፡ቤታቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
ሽንት፡ቤታቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ሽንት፡ቤቷ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ሽንት፡ቤታቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
ሽንት፡ቤታቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)

From ሽንት (šənt, “piss, urine”) + ቤት (bet, “house”).


ሕመም

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ሕመም • (ḥəmäm) m

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ሕመም • (ḥəmäm) m

ḥəmäm (romanization)
ሕመም (indefinite masculine)
ሕመሙ (definite masculine nominative)
ሕመሙን (accusative definite masculine)
ሕመምን (accusative masculine)
ሕመሜ (first-person possessive singular)
ሕመማችን (first-person plural possessive)
ሕመምህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ሕመማችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ሕመምዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
ሕመምሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ሕመማችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ሕመምዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
ሕመሙ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ሕመማቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
ሕመማቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ሕመሟ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ሕመማቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
ሕመማቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)


ጫንቃ

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ጫንቃ • (č̣anḳa) ?

am-noun

ጫንቃ • (č̣anḳa) ?


ጡንቻ

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ጡንቻ • (ṭunča) ?

am-noun

ጡንቻ • (ṭunča) ?


ወባ

fever such as caused by malaria or yellow fever


ሕልም

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ሕልም • (ḥəlm) m

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ሕልም • (ḥəlm) m

ḥəlm (romanization)
ሕልም (indefinite masculine)
ሕልሙ (definite masculine nominative)
ሕልሙን (accusative definite masculine)
ሕልምን (accusative masculine)
ሕልሜ (first-person possessive singular)
ሕልማችን (first-person plural possessive)
ሕልምህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ሕልማችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ሕልምዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
ሕልምሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ሕልማችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ሕልምዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
ሕልሙ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ሕልማቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
ሕልማቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ሕልሟ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ሕልማቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
ሕልማቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)

Cognates include Arabic حُلْم (ḥulm) and Ge'ez ሕልም (ḥəlm).


ሹሩባ

Borrowed from Arabic شُرَّابَة (šurrāba)

bor+

a kind of hairdress wherein one part is shaved or at least thinner whereas another protrudes, plaits