ደንቆሮ
denqoro
The Tigrinya word for "stupid" is ደንቆሮ (denqoro).
The word is an adjective used to describe someone who is lacking in intelligence.
Meaning: lacking in intelligence (adj)
How do you pronounce it?
denqoro
Did you know?
- While ደንቆሮ is a common way to call someone 'stupid', it carries a heavy social stigma in Ethiopian and Eritrean highland cultures compared to the lighter use of 'silly' in English.
- Tigrinya has several different words for 'stupid' depending on whether the person is 'ignorant' due to lack of education or 'foolish' due to character.
- The structure of the word itself follows specific morphological patterns typical of Ge'ez-rooted languages, which dictate how the root can be modified to create different parts of speech.
Examples in context
- ንሱ ደንቆሮ እዩ።nissu denqoro eyu.He is stupid.
Example conversation
David and Retsa are discussing a mistake made by a classmate.
- ዳዊት Dawitርእሳ፡ እቲ ስራሕ ብጣዕሚ ደንቆሮ እዩ።Retsa, eti sirah bta'imi denqoro eyu.Retsa, that work is very stupid.
- ርእሳ Re'esaዳዊት፡ ስለምንታይ ከምኡ ትብል?Dawit, slemintay kemu tbil?David, why do you say that?
- ዳዊት Dawitኩሉ ጌሾም እዩ።kulu geshom eyu.They messed everything up.
- ርእሳ Re'esaእወ፡ እቲ ስሕተትን ደንቆሮ እዩ።ewe, eti sihten denqoro eyu.Yes, the mistake is stupid too.
