መትከፍት
Ge'ez
Alternative forms
- መትከፍ (mätkäf)
Etymology
Derivative of Proto-West Semitic *katip- f.
Noun
መትከፍት • (mätkäft) f (plural መታክፍ (mätakəf), and መታክፍት (mätakəft))
- shoulder
- (poetical) the yoke as the body part where a beast of burden carries load
Further reading
- Dillmann, August (1865), “መትከፍት”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 568–569
- Leslau, Wolf (1991), “መትከፍት”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 372a