How to Say "Donkey" in Tigrinya

ኣድጊ

ʾadgi

The Tigrinya word for donkey is ኣድጊ (ʾadgi).

ኣድጊ refers to the domestic animal, also known as an ass.

Meaning: a domestic animal (noun)

How do you pronounce it?

The romanization is ʾadgi.

In Tigrinya culture, the animal ኣድጊ is frequently associated with the virtue of patience and the ability to withstand hardship in the mountains.
The term ኣድጊ is part of a larger Semitic linguistic family, making it a distant relative to the Arabic word for donkey, himaar, through shared ancestral root structures.
In Tigrinya, the word ኣድጊ begins with a glottal stop, a sharp sound made by momentarily closing the vocal cords, similar to the sound in the middle of 'uh-oh'.

ሕንኡ ዘይፈድስ ወዲ ኣድጊ።
He who doesn't avenge is a son of a donkey.
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Yonas and Ma'er are walking through a village.

መዓር Me'ar

ዮናስ፡ ነቲ ኣድጊ ርእየዮ?
Yonas, neti adgi r'iyeyo?
Yonas, did you see the donkey?
ዮናስ Yonas

እወ፡ ኣብቲ በረኻ እዩ ዘለይ።
ewe, abti berekha eyu zaley.
Yes, it is over there in the field.
መዓር Me'ar

ብጣዕሚ ዝዓበየ ኣድጊ እዩ።
bit'ami zi'abeye adgi eyu.
It is a very large donkey.
ዮናስ Yonas

እወ፡ ናይ መዓር እዩ።
ewe, nay Ma'er eyu.
Yes, it belongs to Ma'er.

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