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Ladino
Etymology
From Hebrew חֲמוֹר (khamór).
Noun
hamor m (Latin spelling)
- donkey
Further reading
- Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “ḥamor”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
- Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “jamór”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 250
- Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “hamor”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 191
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”).
Cognate with Old Frisian hamar (West Frisian hammer), Old Saxon hamar (Low German Hamer), Dutch hamer, Old High German hamar (German Hammer), Old Norse hamarr (Danish hammer, Swedish hammare).
Pronunciation
Noun
hamor m (nominative plural hamoras)
- hammer
Derived terms
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