ማን፡ማን

Amharic

Etymology

Reduplication of ማን (man, who).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmanman/
  • Hyphenation: ማን፡ማን

Pronoun

ማንማን • (man man)

  1. plural of ማን (man); who?

Synonyms

See also

Amharic interrogative pronouns
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