እ-

Amharic

Etymology

Seemingly cognate to Tigre እት (ʾət).

Preposition

እ- • (ə-)

1. in, at, expressed position
2. to, at, expresses direction

Usage notes

Often before either a perfect form of a verb or a noun upon which follows ድረስ (dəräs) forming a kind of circumposition to precise “as far as, until, as long as, to the point of”.