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Amharic
Etymology
Reduplication of ማን (man, “who”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmanman/
- Hyphenation: ማን፡ማን
Pronoun
ማን፡ማን • (man man)
- plural of ማን (man); who?
Synonyms
See also
Amharic interrogative pronouns
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singular
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plural
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object
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subject
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object
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ማን (man) |
ማንን (mannən),
ማነን (mannän)
ማን (man) |
ማን፡ማን (man man),
እነማን (ʾənnäman)
ማን (man) |
ማንን (mannən),
ማነን (mannän)
ማን (man)
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| inanimate
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ምን (mən) |
ምን፡ምን (mən mən)
ምንና፡ምን (mənənna mən)
ምኖች (mənočč)
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References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ማን”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 22