ምን
Amharic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *mīn-. Cognates include Ge'ez ምንት (mənt) and Akkadian mīnum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɨn/
- Hyphenation: ምን
Synonyms
- ምንድን (məndən)
See also
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ምን”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 23
Tigre
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *min.
Preposition
ምን • (mən)
- from, of, off, out of or away from
- than
- 1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume III: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Tigrē Text., Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 167 Nr. 237 line 19:
- ትምባክ፡ፈቴ፡አቡካ፡ምን፡ሐሊብማ፡ወእክል።
- təmbak-fätte-ʾäbuka-mən-ḥälibma-wä-ʾəkəl.
- Tobacco thy father loves more than milk and than cereal.
- translated into German Enno Littmann, editor (1913), Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume IV: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Deutsche Übersetzung und Commentar. (in Tigre), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 353
Conjunction
ምን • (mən)
- when, marks a temporal clause
- if, marks the protasis of a conditional sentence
Usage notes
Used before the verb rather than the beginning of the clause.
Derived terms
- ምንማ (mənma, “although”)
References
- Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ምን”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, pages 126–127
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.