አምስት

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Amharic

Amharic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: አምስት (ʾamməst)
    Ordinal: አምስተኛ (ʾamstäñña)
    Adverbial: አምስቴ (ʾamste)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḫamš-. Cognates include Arabic خَمْسَة (ḵamsa) and Ge'ez ኀምስቱ (ḫämsətu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)amːɨst/
  • Hyphenation: አ‧ምስት
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Numeral

አምስት (ʾamməst)

  1. five

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አምስት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1126
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 50