Number: 2374
Proto-Semitic: *dVg-an- ~ *dagʷab-
Meaning: grasshopper/locust, fly, ant
Arabic: dayaǯān- 'grande nuée de sauterelles' [BK 1 756], [LA II 277].
Geʕez (Ethiopian): dagobǝyā (dagabǝyā, dagobiyā, dogabiyā) 'kind of locust, cricket, caterpillar' (LGz. 125)
Tigre: dängäbät id.? (no translation in LGur 125)
Tigrai (Tigriñña): duga 'specie di mosca rossastra molto fastidiosa ai bovini' [Bass. 795]; dägʷäbä 'specie di grillo' (Bass. 799)
Amharic: dägʷäbe 'wingless locust' (K 1833), dägobǝya id. (ibid.)
Mehri: dǝgdīg 'insect like a grasshopper' [JM 65].
Jibbali: dǝgdég 'insect like a grasshopper' [JJ 35].
Harsusi: degdīg id. [JH 23].
Notes: Cf. Zwy. dägända 'kind of black ant' [LGur. 203].
