ቀፎ

Amharic

Etymology

Probably from Old South Arabian, compare Ge'ez ከፈር (käfär, “basket, canister; peck, modius”), Tigrinya ከፈር (käfär, “big basket”), Arabic قَفِير (qafīr, “beehive, basket”), Sabaean 𐩫𐩰𐩧 (kfr, “sluice; covered cistern”). Otherwise from Proto-Semitic, compare Hebrew כְּפוֹר (kəp̄ōr, “jar, bowl”), Classical Syriac ܟܳܦܱܪܬ݂ܳܐ (kāp̄artā, “a type of palm basket”), Classical Syriac ܟܪܴܦܬܴ݁ܐ (krāp̄tā, “household appliances”).

Noun

ቀፎ • (ḳäfo) ?

  1. beehive
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