ሐለመ

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Amharic

Root
ሐ-ለ-መ
(ḥ-l-m)

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *ḥalam-. Cognates include Arabic حَلَمَ (ḥalama) and Ge'ez ሐለመ (ḥälämä).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /halˈləmə/
  • Hyphenation: ሐ‧ለ‧መ

Verb

ሐለመ (ḥallämä)

  1. (intransitive) to dream

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሐለመ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 4