ማን
Amharic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *mann-. Cognates include Ge'ez መኑ (männu) and Arabic مَنْ (man).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈman/
- Hyphenation: ማን
Audio: (file)
Pronoun
ማን • (man)
Derived terms
See also
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject | object | subject | object | |
| animate | ማን (man) | ማንን (mannən) ማነን (mannän) ማን (man) |
ማን፡ማን (man man) እነማን (ʾənnäman) ማን (man) |
ማንን (mannən), ማነን (mannän) ማን (man) |
| inanimate | ምን (mən) | ምን፡ምን (mən mən) ምንና፡ምን (mənənna mən) ምኖች (mənočč) | ||
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ማን”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 22