አካል

አካል • (ʾäkal) m

1. body part; organ

   A distinct part of a living organism, especially a human or animal.

2. member; limb

   A physical appendage or structural component.

3. component; element

   A part of a system, group, or structure.

• IPA: [ʔä.kal]

From Geʿez Ge'ez አካል (ʾäkal) (“part, member”), possibly related to አክል (ʾäkl) (“to divide”).

• አካሉ ተጎዳ።

  ʾäkal-u tägoda.

  His body part was injured.

• የአካል አካላት በትክክል አይሰሩም።

  ye-ʾäkal ʾäkalat bä-təkəkəl ʾayyärrum.

  The body parts are not functioning properly.

• አካል አይደለም፣ አንድ አካል ብቻ ነው።

  ʾäkal ʾayyädäläm, ʾand ʾäkal bəča näw.

  It’s not a body, just a single part.

• ሰውነት (säwnät) (säwnät) – body, physique
• ሥጋ (śəga) (šəga) – flesh, corporeal substance

• አንደኛ (ʾändäña) (ʾandäñña) – first, primary
• አካላት (ʾäkalat) (ʾäkalat) – plural form: body parts

• anatomy
• physiology
• structural systems

• High frequency in medical and anatomical texts.
• Occasionally used metaphorically in governance or organizational contexts.

• አካል on Amharic Wikipedia

• Amharic-English medical corpus (2022), tagged for anatomical usage.
• BNC2014 mapping for “organ”, “member”, “component”.