ኮናት

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Tigre

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒄀 (qanûm, reed).

Noun

ኮናት (konat) (plural ከወኒ̄ (käwänni))

  1. lance
  2. detachment of an army
  3. watch hand

Further reading

  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ኮናት”, 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 416b