2 words
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መ
መጠበቅ/meTebeq/
to guard; to protect; to wait
verbOpen
ለ
ለመጠበቅ/lemeTebeq/
to protect
verbOpen
መጠበቅ
/meTebeq/
verbto guard; to protect; to wait
How to say to guard; to protect; to wait in Amharic

The Amharic word for to guard; to protect; to wait is መጠበቅ, pronounced meTebeq.

Ge'ez script
መጠበቅ
Transliteration
meTebeq
Part of speech
verb
English meaning
to guard; to protect; to wait
Forms
እጠብቃለ
I will wait / I wait for him/her/it (context-dependent)
ጠብቅ
keep
ጠብቀውልኛል
they have preserved for me
ትጠብቃለህ
you will wait
ትጠብቃለሽ
you will wait
ትጠብቃሉ
they will wait
ጠበቀ
he waited
ልጠበቅ
to keep
አጥብቆ
tightly
ጠበቁ
they waited
ጠብቄ
keeping, guarding,
ብቆ
only; just; merely
ማስጠበቅ
to guard / to protect / to wait (verbal noun)
ትጠብቃላችሁ
you will wait
ይጠበቃል
it will be watched/guarded
ሊጠበቅ
to be kept
ይጠበቃሉ
they are expected
ጠበቅሁት
I kept it / I guarded him
ጠብቀው
keep it
ጠበቅኩት
I kept it
ሊጠብቁልኝ
to keep for me
ጠብቃ
guard her