ሎሚ
Amharic
Alternative forms
- ሎሚን (lomin)
Etymology
From Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn), which is in dialects also لُومِيّ (lūmiyy).
Noun
ሎሚ • (lomi) ?
- lime, lemon, citrus
- Synonym: ትርንጎ (tərəngo)
- fruit
Ge'ez
Etymology
From Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn), which is in dialects also لُومِيّ (lūmiyy).
Noun
ሎሚ • (lomi)
- lime, lemon, citrus
- Synonym: ትርንጐ (tərəngʷä)
References
- Dillmann, August (1865), “ሎሚ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 34
- Leslau, Wolf (1991), “ሎሚ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 315a
Tigrinya
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *yawm-.
Alternative forms
- ሎም (lom)
Adverb
ሎሚ • (lomi)
- today
Etymology 2
From Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn), which is in dialects also لُومِيّ (lūmiyy).
Alternative forms
- ሎሚን (lomin), ለሚን (lämin)
Noun
ሎሚ • (lomi)
- lime, lemon, citrus
- Synonym: ትርንጒ (tərəngʷi)