ሙዝ

Amharic

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Noun

ሙዝ • (muz?

  1. banana

Declension

Definiteness forms of ሙዝ
masculine
indefinite ሙዝ (muz)
definite subject ሙዙ (muzu)
definite object ሙዙን (muzun)
general object ሙዝን (muzən)
Possessive forms of ሙዝ (muz)
singular plural formal
first person ሙዜ (muze) ሙዛችን (muzaččən)
second person m ሙዝህ (muzəh) ሙዛችሁ (muzaččəhu) ሙዝዎ (muzwo)
f ሙዝሽ (muzəš)
third person m ሙዙ (muzu) ሙዛቸው (muzaččäw)
f ሙዟ (muzʷa)

Descendants

  • Baiso: muze
  • Kachama-Ganjule: muz, muze
  • Sidamo: muuze

Ge'ez

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Noun

ሙዝ • (muz)

  1. ensete

Declension

References

Harari

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Noun

ሙዝ (mūz)

  1. banana

References

  • Leslau, Wolf (1963) Etymological Dictionary of Harari (University of California Publications: Near Eastern Studies; 1), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 116b

Tigre

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Noun

ሙዝ • (muz)

  1. banana

References

  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ሙዝ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎[1], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 137b

Tigrinya

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْز (mawz).

Noun

ሙዝ • (muz)

  1. banana