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Amharic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫwat-. Cognates include Ge'ez እኅት (ʾəḫt) and Tigre ሕት (ḥət).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔɨhɨt/
- Hyphenation: እ‧ኅት
Noun
እኅት • (ʾəḫət) f (plural እኅቶች (ʾəḫətočč) or እኅትማማች (ʾəḫətəmmamačč))
- sister
Coordinate terms
- (sister): ወንድም (wändəmm, “brother”)
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “እኅት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
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Ge'ez
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫwat-.
Noun
እኅት • (ʾəḫt) f (plural አኃት (ʾäḫat), rarely እኅታት (ʾəḫtat))
- sister
References