ማን፡ማን
Amharic
Etymology
Reduplication of ማን (man, “who”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmanman/
- Hyphenation: ማን፡ማን
Pronoun
Synonyms
- እነማን (ʾənnäman)
See also
singular | plural | |||
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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