The word may either reflect an original pattern lost elsewhere in Eth. or be an Arabism (with -ä- vs. Arb. -i-?).
Tigre
zärat - middle finger
(WTS 161)
Found only in the combination räyam zära(t), räyam meaning ‘long’.
Tigre
zäwärä - to go around, to circulate
(WTS 502)
Tigre
ǯärid - (muscles of the) neck
(WTS 550)
Tigre
ˀagmä - to be grieved
(WTS 386)
Tigre
ˁayg - pond, swamp
(WTS 482)
Tigrinya
-u - his (genitive pronominal suffix, 3 masc. sg.)
(Bulakh–Kogan 2013b:101)
Tigrinya
-a - her (genitive and accusative pronominal suffix, 3 fem. sg.)
(Bulakh–Kogan 2013b:101)
-ˀa with verbal forms ending in *-ā (the glottal stop is of secondary nature, see Bulakh–Kogan 2013b:105).
Tigrinya
-o - him (accusative pronominal suffix, 3 masc. sg.)
(Bulakh–Kogan 2013b:102)
-ˀo with forms ending in *-ā (the glottal stop is of secondary nature, see Bulakh–Kogan 2013b:105).