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Amharic
Etymology
Related to Afar iná. Possibly borrowed from Old Nubian én.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔɨnːat/
- Hyphenation: እ‧ናት
Noun
እናት • (ʼənnat) f
- mother
- original, source
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Coordinate terms
- (mother): አባት (ʾabbat, “father”)
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