"ወለጠ" meaning in Ge'ez

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Verb

Forms: wäläṭä [romanization]
Etymology: Compare Arabic بَدَلَ (badala, “to change, to exchange”), Hebrew בָּדַל (“to divide”), and Amharic ለወጠ (läwäṭä). Etymology templates: {{cog|ar|بَدَلَ|t=to change, to exchange}} Arabic بَدَلَ (badala, “to change, to exchange”), {{cog|he|בָּדַל|t=to divide}} Hebrew בָּדַל (“to divide”), {{cog|am|ለወጠ}} Amharic ለወጠ (läwäṭä) Head templates: {{head|gez|verb}} ወለጠ • (wäläṭä)
  1. to change alter
    Sense id: en-ወለጠ-gez-verb-YXvuUaCV Categories (other): Ge'ez entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ge'ez entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. to change alter
    to change clothing
    Sense id: en-ወለጠ-gez-verb-BH0~dZNL Categories (other): Ge'ez entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ge'ez entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: መወልጥ (mäwälṭ), ተወለጠ (täwäläṭä), ተዋለጠ (täwaläṭä), ተውላጥ (täwlaṭ), ወላጢ (wälaṭi), ውሉጥ (wəluṭ), ውላጤ (wəlaṭe)
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      "roman": "mäwälṭ",
      "word": "መወልጥ"
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      "word": "ተወለጠ"
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      "word": "ተዋለጠ"
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      "word": "ወላጢ"
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      "word": "ውሉጥ"
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          "english": "Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.",
          "ref": "1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici, Leipzig, Genesis 31:7:",
          "roman": "wäʾäbuknəsä ʾäḥzänäni wäwäläṭä ʿäsbəyä zäʿäśru ʾäbagʿ wäʾiyabḥo ʾəgziʾäbḥer yaḥśəm laʿleyä .",
          "text": "ወአቡክንሰ ፡ አሕዘነኒ ፡ ወወለጠ ፡ ዐስብየ ፡ ዘዐሥሩ ፡ አባግዕ ፡ ወኢያብሖ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ያሕሥም ፡ ላዕሌየ ።",
          "translation": "Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "english": "Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit.",
          "ref": "1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici, Leipzig, 2:11:",
          "roman": "ʾəmä yəwelṭu ʾäḥzab ʾämalkətihomu ʾənzäke ʾikonu ʾämalkətä wäḥzəbsä wäläṭu kəbromu bäzäybäḳʷiʿomu.",
          "text": "እመ፡ ይዌልጡ፡ አሕዛብ፡ አማልክቲሆሙ፡ እንዘኬ፡ ኢኮኑ፡ አማልክተ፡ ወሕዝብሰ፡ ወለጡ፡ ክብሮሙ፡ በዘይበቊዖሙ።",
          "translation": "Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit.",
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          "english": "So Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, and he ate bread regularly before the king all the days of his life.",
          "ref": "1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici, Leipzig, 52:33:",
          "roman": "wäwäläṭä ləbsä tämoḳḥotu wäbälʿä bäḳdəmehu ḫəbsətä zälfä bäkʷlu mäwaʿlä ḥəywätu.",
          "text": "ወወለጠ፡ ልብሰ፡ ተሞቅሖቱ፡ ወበልዐ፡ በቅድሜሁ፡ ኅብስተ፡ ዘልፈ፡ በኵሉ፡ መዋዕለ፡ ሕይወቱ።",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "መወልጥ"
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      "word": "ተወለጠ"
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      "word": "ተዋለጠ"
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      "roman": "täwlaṭ",
      "word": "ተውላጥ"
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      "roman": "wälaṭi",
      "word": "ወላጢ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wəluṭ",
      "word": "ውሉጥ"
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      "word": "ውላጤ"
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          "roman": "wäʾäbuknəsä ʾäḥzänäni wäwäläṭä ʿäsbəyä zäʿäśru ʾäbagʿ wäʾiyabḥo ʾəgziʾäbḥer yaḥśəm laʿleyä .",
          "text": "ወአቡክንሰ ፡ አሕዘነኒ ፡ ወወለጠ ፡ ዐስብየ ፡ ዘዐሥሩ ፡ አባግዕ ፡ ወኢያብሖ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ያሕሥም ፡ ላዕሌየ ።",
          "translation": "Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "english": "Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit.",
          "ref": "1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici, Leipzig, 2:11:",
          "roman": "ʾəmä yəwelṭu ʾäḥzab ʾämalkətihomu ʾənzäke ʾikonu ʾämalkətä wäḥzəbsä wäläṭu kəbromu bäzäybäḳʷiʿomu.",
          "text": "እመ፡ ይዌልጡ፡ አሕዛብ፡ አማልክቲሆሙ፡ እንዘኬ፡ ኢኮኑ፡ አማልክተ፡ ወሕዝብሰ፡ ወለጡ፡ ክብሮሙ፡ በዘይበቊዖሙ።",
          "translation": "Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit.",
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          "english": "So Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, and he ate bread regularly before the king all the days of his life.",
          "ref": "1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici, Leipzig, 52:33:",
          "roman": "wäwäläṭä ləbsä tämoḳḥotu wäbälʿä bäḳdəmehu ḫəbsətä zälfä bäkʷlu mäwaʿlä ḥəywätu.",
          "text": "ወወለጠ፡ ልብሰ፡ ተሞቅሖቱ፡ ወበልዐ፡ በቅድሜሁ፡ ኅብስተ፡ ዘልፈ፡ በኵሉ፡ መዋዕለ፡ ሕይወቱ።",
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Download raw JSONL data for ወለጠ meaning in Ge'ez (3.9kB)

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