ፊት

Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *piʔat-. Cognates include Arabic فِئَة (fiʔa) and Hebrew פֵּאָה.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfit/
  • Hyphenation: ፊት

Noun

ፊት • (fit) m

  1. face
  2. front

Descendants
  • → Tigrinya: ፊት (fit)

References
  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ፊት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 3
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