እ-
Amharic
Etymology
Seemingly cognate to Tigre እት (ʾət).
Preposition
እ- • (ə-)
- in, at, expressed position
- to, at, expresses direction
Usage notes
Often before either a perfect form of a verb or a noun upon which follows ድረስ (dəräs) forming a kind of circumposition to precise “as far as, until, as long as, to the point of”.