ልባን

Tigre

Alternative forms
  • ሉባን (luban)

Etymology

From Arabic لُبَان‎ (lubān).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [lʉˈbæːn]

Noun

ልባን • (ləban) (collective, noun of unity ልባነት (ləbanät)) (Gindaʿ – Massawa)

  1. incense

References
  • Elias, David L. (22-05-2014) The Tigre Language of Gindaʿ, Eritrea: Short Grammar and Texts (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 75), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 22
  • Littmann, Enno; Höfner, Maria (1962), “ልባን”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 40a
  • Munzinger, Werner (1865), “ልባን”, in Vocabulaire de la langue tigré (in French), Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, page 12
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