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Argobba
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.
Noun
እም (ʾəm) f
- mother
Ge'ez
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.
Noun
እም • (ʾəmm) f (plural እማት (ʾəmmat))
- mother
Etymology 2
From Proto-Semitic *šim.
Alternative forms
Conjunction
እም • (ʾəm)
- if, introduces the protasis of a conditional sentence
References
- Dillmann, August (1865) “እም”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 726–728
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) “እም”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 22a–23b
Tigre
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.
Noun
እም • (ʾəm) f (plural እማት (ʾəmmat))
- mother
References
- Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “እም”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 353a