እናት

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Amharic

Etymology

Related to Afar iná. Possibly borrowed from Old Nubian én.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔɨnːat/
  • Hyphenation: እ‧ናት
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Noun

እናት (ʼənnatf

  1. mother
  2. original, source

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Coordinate terms

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “እናት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Browne, Gerald M - Old Nubian Dictionary - Claremont School of Theology - 1996 - p 72