boráana

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Hamer-Banna

Etymology

From Borana Boraanai. Formerly also known as gʌbʌrrʌ by the Hamar,[1] but this term is no longer found.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

boráana

  1. Boorana (a member of an Oromo-speaking people of Ethiopia and Kenya)

References

Petrollino, Sara (2016) A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia, Leiden University

  1. ^ Lydall, Jean (1976) “Hamer”, in Marvin Lionel Bender, The Non-semitic Languages of Ethiopia, East Lansing: African Studies Center, Michigan State University, pages 393-438