ጻዕዳ

Tigrinya

Root
ጸ-ዐ-ደ (ṣä-ʿä-dä)
1 term

Adjective

ጻዕዳ • (ṣaʿda) (plural ጸዓዱ (ṣäʿadu) or ጻዕዲት (ṣaʿdit))

  1. white
  2. unpeppered

Derived terms

nouns
  • ማይ ጻዕዳ (may ṣaʿda)
  • ጻዕዳ ማይ (ṣaʿda may, rain)
  • ጻዕዳ ሽጕርቲ (ṣaʿda šəgʷərti, garlic)
  • ጻዕዳ ቀላይ (ṣaʿda ḳälay)
  • ጻዕዳ በለቐ (ṣaʿda bäläx̣ä, to whitewash)
  • ጻዕዳ ባንዴራ (ṣaʿda bandera, white flag)
  • ጻዕዳ በኣቲ (ṣaʿda bäʾati)
  • ጻዕዳ እንቋቝሖ (ṣaʿda ʾənḳʷax̣ʷḥo, white of an egg)
  • ጻዕዳ እንባ (ṣaʿda ʾənba)
  • ጻዕዳ እኽሊ (ṣaʿda ʾəxli, barley, wheat)
  • ጻዕዳ ኣዲ (ṣaʿda ʾaddi)
  • ጻዕዳ ኳሌታ (ṣaʿda kʷaleta, white-collar)
  • ጻዕዳ ክርስቲያን (ṣaʿda krəstiyan, Tzada Cristian)
  • ጻዕዳ ኵርሻ (ṣaʿda kʷərša, chalk)
  • ጻዕዳ ኵርናዕ (ṣaʿda kʷərnaʿ)
  • ጻዕዳ ዓይኒ (ṣaʿda ʿayni, white of the eye)
  • ጻዕዳ ጣፍ (ṣaʿda ṭaf)
  • ጻዕዳዊ (ṣaʿdawi, what gets white easily)
verbs
  • ጻዕዳ ሰንሔ (ṣaʿda sänḥe, to wish someone well)

See also

Colors in Tigrinya · (layout · text)
     ጻዕዳ (ṣaʿda)      ሓሙኹሽታይ (ḥamuxuštay)      ጸሊም (ṣällim)
             ቀይሕ (ḳäyyəḥ)              ቡናዊ (bunawi)              ቢጫ (bič̣a)
                          ቀጠልያ (ḳäṭälya)             
                                       ሰማያዊ (sämayawi)
                                      

References

  • Yaroslav Gutgarts, Filip Busau (2022), Tigrinisch-Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 498
  • Thomas Leiper Kane (2000), Tigrinya-English Dictionary, volume 2, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 2608