Eset - wielofunkcyjna roślina Etiopii i terminologia związana z nią

• Authors: Seifu Gebru

Title variants

EN

Eset ? multifunctional plant of Ethiopia and terminology connected with it

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is to present the Ethiopian plant ? Eset. Due to its many functions there is a vast terminology related to its cultivation, processing and application in everyday life. The first part, after the introduction explains how Eset is farmed and what are the names of parts of this plant and stages of its development. Next part shows how Eset serves as food in Ethiopia and what are the names of dishes based on Eset in Amharic language. Eset can also be used to produce some commodities ? strings, mattresses, mats and bowls. All vocabulary collected in this research is a result of author?s homeland education and personal communication with numerous informants who grow Eset. The important trait of Eset is an intergenerational tradition of its cultivation. 

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Investigationes Linguisticae
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 15
• Pages: 41-55

Dates

published

2007-12-15

Contributors

author

Seifu Gebru

• Institute of Linguistic, Adam Mickiewicz Uniyersity ul. Międzychodzka 5 60-371 Poznań Poland

References

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/il.2007.15.3